Power restored in LUMA's Arecibo region, PR after outage that peaked at 39,134 customers
Power was restored in LUMA's Arecibo region after an outage that peaked at 39,134 customers without electricity; service was affected for roughly 23 hours; LUMA reports outages by region, so these figures cover the whole Arecibo region (multiple municipios).
Power restored
peak of 39,134 customers out · outage lasted roughly 23 hours
LUMA reports outages by region: the figures in this article cover LUMA's Arecibo region — multiple municipios — not Arecibo municipio alone.
⚠️ The area is under a Rip Current Statement per the National Weather Service.
How it developed
Aug 15, 10:05 AM AST — 3,649 out · Aug 16, 1:05 AM AST — 39,134 out · Aug 16, 4:50 AM AST — 11,691 out · Aug 16, 5:35 AM AST — 11,675 out · Aug 16, 6:20 AM AST — 11,681 out · Aug 16, 7:05 AM AST — 9,347 out · Aug 16, 7:20 AM AST — 10,277 out · Aug 16, 7:50 AM AST — 10,024 out · Aug 16, 8:05 AM AST — 10,089 out · Aug 16, 8:20 AM AST — 10,131 out · Aug 16, 8:35 AM AST — 3,032 out · Aug 16, 8:40 AM AST — 0 out
Track it live: the numbers above were frozen when this article was published — the live page for Arecibo updates about every 15 minutes with current counts, the utility's latest restoration time, and our estimate.