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A woman uses a solar lamp inside the darkened bathroom of her home in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, on January 27, 2018.

Puerto Rico hit by island-wide power blackout

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Maria, the worst storm to hit the island in 90 years, devastated Puerto Rico’s grid. A power line failure Wednesday cut power to the entire island, affecting almost 3.4 million residents.

Marc Noisette of Westchester County, New York fixes the cables on an electric post opposite the Cathedral of San Juan in the historic quarter of Puerto Rico's capital.

In San Juan, they’re going street by street, house by house, turning the lights back on

A member of the Puerto Rican National Guard dodges downed power cables as he hands out food and water

Tiny Montana firm hired to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid

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