On today’s What Next: Less than half of a percent of the $9.5 billion set aside to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid has been spent. Before Fiona hit, the lights were out.
When Hurricane Maria hit in 2017, it destroyed Puerto Rico’s power grid, leaving vast swathes of the island in the dark and claiming almost 3,000 lives. $9.5 billion was set aside to rejuvenate the island’s power grid and the government-run utility company was taken over by a private one. But five years later, before Hurricane Fiona even hit, the island lost electricity.
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