Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's Eve

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Welp, I guess they’ll have to celebrate 2025 in the dark down in Puerto Rico tonight.

Can’t help but leave this here:

In all seriousness, almost the entire island has lost power.

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. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power.

The outage hit at dawn, plunging the island into an eerie silence as electrical appliances and air conditioners shut down before those who could afford generators turned them on.

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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.

I hope they’ve got plenty of sparklers down there in Puerto Rico for tonight!

Here’s what they think caused the outage:

Luma said in a statement that it appears the outage was caused by a failure of an underground power line, saying it is restoring power ‘in the quickest and safest way possible.’

And some words from the governor:

Gonna be a dark beginning to 2025 for the U.S. territory.