Puerto Rico hit with massive island-wide blackout ahead of Easter weekend

FoxNewsFlashtopheadlinesarehere.Checkoutwhat’sclickingonFoxnews.com. Amassiveisland-wideblackouthitPuertoRicoonWednesdayasresidentswerelookingaheadtotheEasterweekend.  AspokesmanforLumaEnergy,whichoverseesthetransmissionanddistributionofpowerfortheU.S.territory,toldTheAssociatedPressthatall1.4millioncustomerswereaffected,includingthemaininternationalairportandseveralhospitals.Atleast328,000customerswerewithoutwater. Powerhadonlybeenrestoredforaround175,000customers–or12%–byWednesday. Hotelswerenearcapacity,withthousandsoftouristscelebratingEastervacationsontheisland.Tourismofficialsrushedtoreassurethemthatmanyhotelsandotherbusinesseswereoperatingwithgenerators. NEWJERSEYWOMENIDENTIFIEDASONEOF200DOMINICANREPUBLICANNIGHTCLUBCOLLAPSEVICTIMS  “Therearenowordsthatcaneasethefrustrationwefeelasapeopleinthefaceofanothermassiveblackout,”Gov.JennifferGonzález,whocuthervacationshortandflewbacktoPuertoRi