Puerto Rico’s Recovery From Hurricane Maria Was Years Behind Schedule. Then Fiona Hit.

On September 18, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on Puerto Rico almost five years to the day after Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people and caused the longest blackout in US history. Despite tens of billions of dollars in disaster aid allocated and a half-decade to make fixes, the island’s electricity grid seemed no better prepared. By Sunday, one week after Fiona made landfall, about half of the island’s roughly 1.5 million power customers remained without electricity, according to the local government. Hundreds of thousands were without running water for the majority of last week. All the while people are trying… Read Full Article