Power restored in LUMA's Arecibo region, PR after outage that peaked at 8,393 customers
Power was restored in LUMA's Arecibo region after an outage that peaked at 8,393 customers without electricity; service was affected for roughly an hour; LUMA reports outages by region, so these figures cover the whole Arecibo region (multiple municipios).
Power restored
peak of 8,393 customers out · outage lasted roughly an hour
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 16, 8:20 PM AST — 8,281 out · Aug 16, 8:35 PM AST — 8,257 out · Aug 16, 8:50 PM AST — 8,393 out · Aug 16, 9:05 PM AST — 2,423 out · Aug 16, 9:20 PM AST — 376 out · Aug 16, 9:25 PM 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.