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Hurricane Ernesto passes through Puerto Rico About half of consumers were left without electricity and authorities are working this Thursday to try to restore normal life, although classes, for example, will not resume until next Monday.

The storm caused destruction mainly on the islands of the eastern half of the archipelago and River floods and landslides were recorded. Several roads were closed and some infrastructure was destroyed.

Company Luma Energy has increased the number of affected subscribers to 735,000. Due to the reduction in supplies, the figure still exceeded 700,000 on Wednesday evening, according to a Puerto Rican newspaper. New day.

Governor Pedro Pierluisi confirmed at a press conference that They work to assess and repair all damage. and delayed the return of non-essential workers until Friday. U.S. President Joe Biden signed an emergency declaration in case additional resources are needed, since Puerto Rico is a commonwealth state.

Ernesto is now heading towards Bermuda. with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 kilometers per hour. According to the US National Hurricane Center (CNH), the cyclone was just over a thousand kilometers from its next destination on Thursday morning, where an alert has already been declared.