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C Moon

(12,212 posts)
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:42 PM Sep 2017

100 percent of Puerto Rico without power after Hurricane Maria makes landfall

Source: ABC 7 News

All of Puerto Rico was without power by Wednesday afternoon, officials said, just hours after Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island as a Category 4 storm.

Puerto Rico Office of Emergency Management Agency confirmed that 100 percent of the U.S. territory has lost power, noting that anyone with electricity is using a generator.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said Maria has caused severe damage to infrastructure. A Category 4 storm has not hit the island since 1932.

Read more: http://abc7.com/news/100-percent-of-puerto-rico-without-power-after-hurricane-maria-makes-landfall/2435113/

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100 percent of Puerto Rico without power after Hurricane Maria makes landfall (Original Post) C Moon Sep 2017 OP
We have two people at my company leftynyc Sep 2017 #1
My wife's grandma is in San Juan NickB79 Sep 2017 #2
Hopefully, she has good neighbors who will help her out. SharonClark Sep 2017 #3
 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
1. We have two people at my company
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:23 PM
Sep 2017

with many family members in Puerto Rico. One hasn't heard anything since yesterday morning, the other since last night.

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