Puerto Rico creeps back to power after storm of earthquakes
The grid crept back to service on Wednesday after he most powerful quake to strike the Caribbean island in 102 years
08 January 2020 - 16:23
San Juan — Puerto Rico’s power grid crept back to service on Wednesday after it was shut down entirely as a safety measure on Tuesday amid a storm of earthquakes, including the most powerful to strike the Caribbean island in 102 years.
The tremblors, including one of magnitude 6.4, killed at least one person and flattened homes across the southern coast, provoking a state of emergency on the island of 3-million people and the activation of the National Guard...
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