Power Outages in Puerto Rico: Hannah Karim

      Since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in early September, more than 3.4 billion hours of electricity have been lost. The only blackout larger than Puerto Rico's was the one that followed Typhoon Haiyan which struck the Philippines in 2013. About 6.1 billion hours of electricity were lost after. This blackout in Puerto Rico is already the worst in U.S. history, beating out Hurricane Sandy. As of right now, about 96% of the island's power has been restored, but around 200,000 still don't have electricity; seven months after the storm.