An island-wide blackout has hit Puerto Rico

<p>The entire island of Puerto Rico lost power again.</p><p>Officials from the island's electricity provider are blaming a defect in a power line. They say it could take up to 36 hours to fix.</p><p>Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria in September. Right before this major outage, about 40,000 people still didn't have electricity.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/thousands-of-puerto-ricans-lose-power-because-of-a-tree/">Thousands Of Puerto Ricans Lose Power — Because Of A Tree</a></b></p><p>This is also the second major outage in less than a week. Crews were already trying to restore power for 870,000 people after a tree fell on a major power line last week.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/office-diversity-quotas-well-intended-but-legally-tricky/">Diversity Quotas In The Office: Well-Intended But Legally Tricky</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/fox-news-says-it-will-support-sean-hannity-after-cohen-news/">Fox News Says It Will Support Sean Hannity After Cohen Revelation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/bump-stock-maker-to-shut-down-website/">The Inventor Of Bump Stocks Will Soon Stop Taking Orders</a></li></ul>