A power company in Puerto Rico has restored electricity to most areas affected by a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory this week.
A power company in Puerto Rico announced Thursday that it has restored electricity to most areas affected by a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory the previous day. The outage left more than 340,000 customers in the capital, San Juan, and neighboring municipalities without power during a heat wave. On Thursday morning, Luma Energy said in a statement that it had restored power to most of its customers in the metropolitan and northeastern regions of the island.
Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide assistance. Several mayors echoed her request. About 5,000 customers across the island were still without power as of Thursday morning, while several municipalities on the eastern side of Puerto Rico lacked water. The University of Puerto Rico in San Juan canceled its summer session classes on Thursday.
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