SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A total blackout hit St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands early Sunday, the second this weekend as the U.S. territory struggles with increasingly frequent outages.
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said in a statement that the outages stemmed from the loss of generation at a power plant. The e first blackout hit late on Saturday, and despite crews restoring power overnight, another blackout hit hours later.
More than 42,000 people live on St. Thomas, the main island, and nearly 4,000 others live on St. John.
