Hurricane Ernesto Knocks Out Power to Hundreds of Thousands in Puerto Rico

Hurricane Ernesto left hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans without power on Wednesday after its wind and rain pelted the island’s frail electrical system.More than 730,000 customers had lost electricity as of 1:45 p.m., Luma Energy, the power utility, reported. That amounted to half of the nearly 1.5 million customers the utility serves. Entire towns in parts of Puerto Rico were without power.“This shows how…