Power slowly coming back after blackout darkens Puerto Rico
Friday, September 23, 2016
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Power slowly was being restored Thursday in Puerto Rico, nearly 24 hours after a blackout swept across the island when a fire at a power plant set off a cascade of problems that knocked out the aging utility grid.
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