Most Puerto Rico remains without salad after the power outages at the island level

San Juan, Portorico Cruz worked early on Thursday to restore power to Portorico after blackout across the entire island, which affected the main international airport and many hospitals and hotels filled with Easter Certificates

The interruptions that started in the middle of Wednesday left 1.4 million customers without electricity and 328,000 customers without water.

At least 175,000 customers, or 12 %, had returned at the end of the day. Officials expected 90 % of customers to refer to 48 to 72 hours after the power outage.

“This is a disgrace to the people of Puerto Rico that we have a problem of this size,” said state governor Jennifer Gonzalez, who cut her week -long vacation and returned to Puerto Rico on Wednesday evening.

The power outage led to a traffic, as it forced hundreds of companies to close and leave those who are unable to withstand the costs of generators that are scrambling to buy ice and candles.

It is the second blackout on the island, which hit Puerto Rico in less than four months, with Previous New Year’s Eve on the eve of the New Year.

“Why on holidays?” Jose Luis Richardson, who did not have a birth and kept cold by spraying water on himself every few hours.

Anger grows from interruptions

The roar of generators and the smell of fumes fill the air as an increasing number of Puerto Rican who renewed the government’s calls to cancel Contracts with Luma EnergyWhich oversees the transition and distribution of energy, and races, public relations, which oversees the generation.

Gonzalez promised to respond to those calls.

“This is not under doubt or question,” she said, but she added that it is not a quick process. “It is unacceptable to have deeds of this type.”

Gonzalez said that a significant interruption, such as what happened on Wednesday, leads to a loss of revenues estimated at $ 230 million per day.

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“We cannot continue to repeat this course from the power outage without taking concrete measures to enhance our energy infrastructure,” he said.

Many were also concerned about the elderly Puerto Rico residents, as the mayor of Canóvanas spread brigades to visit the bed of bed and those who depend on electronic medical equipment.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Vega Alta has opened a power center for those who have medical equipment to save life.

The reason for investigating the latest blackout

It was not immediately clearly the cause of the closure, which is the latest in a series of main power outages on the island in recent years.

Daniel Hernandez, Vice President of Operations at Genera PR, said on Wednesday that a disorder hit the transportation system shortly after the back, the time when the network is weak because there are few machines that regulate the frequency at that hour.

Al -Jazeera has deteriorated as a result of decades of lack of maintenance and investment.

Puerto Rico has struggled with a chronic interruption since September 2017 When I hit Maria Al -Jazeera As a powerful storm of Category 4, the crews still are still struggling to rebuild. When Al -Jazeera just started rebuilding, it was severely hit again Hurricane Viona in 2022.

The island of 3.2 million people has more than 40 % of poverty, and not everyone can afford the costs of solar panels or generators. While there was a boost to use more renewable energy sources under the management of former US President Joe Biden, which is what Portorico presented with huge generators And other resources, experts fear that US President Donald Trump.