Puerto Rico is suffering from an island-wide blackout Wednesday, as the fragile power grid struggles to return to full capacity after Hurricane Maria wiped out an already crippled energy system.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the island’s state-run bankrupt utility known as PREPA, confirmed the latest outage, saying it could take 24 to 36 hours to restore power. It did not explain the cause.
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