A massive island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as residents were making preparations for Easter weekend, marking the latest incident in a string of major blackouts in recent years.

Puerto Rico suffers major power outage for 2nd time in 4 months The island of Puerto Rico is without power for the second time in four months, according to local power authorities Genera and LUMA.

All 1.4 million Luma Energy clients across Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday. The blackout comes less than five months after another island-wide power outage on New Year's Eve.

An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after all of its power plants shut down, plunging more than 1 million customers into darkness, officials said. The outage began at about 12:40 ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend, officials said.

News National News Island-wide blackout hits Puerto Rico as residents prepare for Easter weekend All 1.4 million clients of Luma Energy were without power. At least 328,000 were also without water.

An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend, officials said.