San Juan, December 31: A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the US territory prepared to celebrate New Year's Eve. More than 1.2 million out of 1.47 million clients were without power, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution on the island. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the widespread outage or when power would be restored. Luma officials did not immediately return a message for comment. New Zealand’s Auckland First Major City To Welcome 2025 With Fireworks, Light Show (Watch Video).

In a post on X, Luma said it was in touch with crews and companies overseeing the generation of power in Puerto Rico to solve the outage. It said it would offer details as soon as possible. A spokesperson for Genera PR, which oversees power generation, could not be immediately reached for comment. New Year’s Eve 2024 Fireworks at Auckland’s Sky Tower Live Streaming Online: Where To Watch Beautiful Display of Fireworks at New Zealand’s SkyCity? Get Live Telecast Details To Welcome the New Year 2025.

Puerto Rico continues to struggle with chronic power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid that was razed by Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 4 storm that struck the island in September 2017. The system was already in decline prior to the storm given years of lack of maintenance and investment.

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