Officials demand answers as crews work to restore power after another Puerto Rico blackout
By DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Crews worked early Thursday to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout across the entire island that affected the main international airport, several hospitals and hotels filled with Easter vacationers.
The outage that began past noon Wednesday left 1.4 million customers without electricity and 328,000 without water. At least 231,000 customers, or 16%, had power back at the end of the day. Officials expected 90% of