A total power blackout affects St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands twice over the weekend, according to local and regional reporting. Authorities say the outages occur after the loss of generation at a power plant, which leaves the islands without sufficient electricity supply. The reports describe two separate blackout events during the same weekend timeframe, rather than a single prolonged outage. Officials attribute both incidents to the same underlying power-generation problem, indicating a disruption in electricity production that triggers widespread loss of service across the affected islands. The coverage does not cite major differences between the two incidents, and it characterizes the cause as an operational generation loss rather than a weather event. The articles provide limited additional operational details about restoration timing or specific plant equipment involved, but they consistently link the blackouts to generation outages at the plant supplying power to the area.