An old distribution pole that was not removed blew into new power lines, causing an outage that was photographed on October 4th. The photograph shows the old pole tangled in the new lines. PREPA needs to ensure old infrastructure is fully removed to prevent future damage when new lines are installed.

1. PREPA
Damage caused by
unremoved old
distribution poles
blown into new lines
Damage photographed on October 4
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2. Photographed October 4, showing old, unremoved pole blown into new lines
creating an outage.
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