Puerto Rico Power Fully Restored 18 Months After Hurricane Maria Wiped Out the Grid
At a Glance Power has been fully restored in Puerto Rico 18 months after Hurricane Maria.An underwater cable to the island of Culebra was reconnected.Before restoration, the popular tourist site relied on generators for power. Eighteen months after Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico's electrical grid, customers on an island off the coast of the U.S. territory finally had their power restored Wednesday. The Electric Power Authority said it connected an underwater cable to Culebra despite wariness from the more than...