A massive blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday leaving all 1.4 million customers on the island without electricity.
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00:00A massive blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday leaving all 1.4 million customers on the island
00:05without power.
00:07According to an official statement issued by Luma Energy, the private company that provides
00:11power to the island, the outage began at about 12.40pm local time after all generating plants
00:18were unexpectedly shut down, leaving the island without power as of 4.35pm local time.
00:24Meanwhile at least 78,000 clients are reportedly without water with officials warning that power
00:29won't likely be fully restored for another 48 to 72 hours.
00:33It is not clear yet what caused the shutdown, which is the latest in a string of major blackouts
00:38on the island in recent years.