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Why Puerto Rico is still struggling to rebuild electrical grid 5 years after Hurricane Maria

Por: CBS News Politics September 29, 2022

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A day before the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria's landfall, Puerto Rico was pummeled again by another storm, , a Category 1 hurricane that shut down the island's electric grid, leaving residents in the dark for days. In 2017, Maria and Irma took down all of the island's transmission lines and damaged the grid, resulting in the longest blackout in U.S. history, according to the . Hurricane Fiona made landfall on Sept. 18... + full article



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