Puerto Rico Hit By Massive Power Outage
Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, has been hit with a massive power outage as they struggle to recuperate from Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, has been hit with a massive power outage as they struggle to recuperate from Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Rico is cancelling a controversial $300-million contract with Whitefish Energy to restore power to the hurricane ravaged island.
We focus on the slow recovery effort in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria slammed the island.
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The head of Puerto Rico's power company said Sunday the agency will cancel its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the small Montana company's role in restoring electricity to the island following Hurricane Maria.
More than one month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico life on the island is still hard, prompting those who can leave to do so.
One of the few shining lights of the Puerto Rico relief effort has been religious groups providing direct aid to citizens of the island.
The White House said federal officials played no role in the selection of Whitefish Energy Holdings by PREPA.
The contract has raised a few eyebrows given that the firm has ties to the Trump administration and it employed just two people at the time Hurricane Maria made landfall.
Five weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, three-quarters of the island remain without power.
Lawmakers have announced an investigation into Whitefish Energy, the small company awarded the $300 million job to rebuild the island's power distribution system.
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Maria's eye ravaged the rural town of Yabucoa in Puerto Rico. Weeks later, relief has been slow, almost nonexistent.
The vast majority of Puerto Rico remains without power and residents are struggling to find clean water.
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It has been nearly three weeks since Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico and 85 percent of the island is still without electricity.
A Florida woman boarded a plane to Puerto Rico in hopes of helping families still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria and she did.
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