Joggers exercise on a dark street in San Juan, Puerto Rico after a major power outage hit the island on December 31, 2024. A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year's, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Nearly 90% of 1.47 million clients across Puerto Rico were left in the dark, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution. With no idea when power would return, Puerto Ricans began to think ahead. Some Puerto Ricans took the latest outage in stride.

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