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in Puerto Rico are still waiting for power to be restored two weeks after Hurricane Fiona dumped 

 and knocked out power across the island. 

Fiona made landfall in southwest Puerto Rico on Sept. 18 as a Category 1 storm. Most of the remaining outages are on the western and southern sides of the island, 

, the company that operates the island's power infrastructure. 

The storm dropped more than 30 inches of rain in some areas, causing flooding and mudslides that damaged roads and bridges into Puerto Rico's mountains. 

Many residents were left stranded in small towns without access to utilities, food or medical care

At least 13 people have died in connection with the storm

, according to Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Another 12 deaths are under investigation.  

all of the island's nearly 1.5 million electrical customers

Two weeks later, 91 percent of customers have had power restored, LUMA reported Sunday. Power is back for the vast majority of homes in the municipalities in northern and northeastern Puerto Rico, including the populous area around San Juan. 

But nearly a third of customers in the western region of the island were still without power, along with about 17 percent of customers in municipalities along the southern coast. The company had previously estimated that power will be restored to 90 percent of customers in those regions by Thursday.

LUMA has restored service to all of Puerto Rico's hospitals and, as of Saturday, to 94 percent of the island's water operations facilities, 

there was widespread discontent on Puerto Rico with LUMA

, the private company that was awarded a $1.5 billion contract last year to take over Puerto Rico's power grid. That deal came after Hurricane Maria was the final, disastrous straw to 

decades of neglect and corruption when the system was publicly run

some members of Congress expressed their concerns

 about why the company "had not adequately prepared the island's energy infrastructure" to withstand a hurricane like Fiona.   

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Becky Sullivan

Author

The storm made landfall on Sept. 18 and knocked out power to the entire island. Nearly a third of customers in Puerto Rico's westernmost municipalities are still waiting for electricity.

More than 100,000 clients in Puerto Rico are still without power 2 weeks after Fiona

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