Hereâs why restoring power in Puerto Rico is taking so long
Four months after Hurricane Maria, about 450000 of 1.5 million electricity customers in Puerto Rico still have no service. Blackouts regularly occur for hours at a time, even in San Juan....
========== JUDY WOODRUFF: It's hard to fully comprehend,
but more than four months since hurricanesswept through the Caribbean, about half of
Puerto Ricans remain without electricity.This week, Governor Ricardo Rossello announced
the island's public energy monopoly wouldbe sold off to private companies following
a series of scandals.In the first of two reports from Puerto Rico,
special correspondent Monica Villamizar looksat what's behind the delay in restoring power
and how people are coping.MONICA VILLAMIZAR: When Hurricane Maria struck
in September, fires broke out and victimshad to run to the station to inform firefighter
Ronald Vega and his colleagues.There was no way to dial 911.This fire station in the eastern town of Naguabo
is now functioning normall...
