A lengthy power outage at the Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, resort where a missing American college student had been vacationing for spring break could potentially impact authorities’ investigation into her disappearance.

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Loudoun County, Virginia, was last seen walking on a beach outside the five-star RIU Republica Resort in the early morning hours of March 6. She has yet to be located.

The resort lost power beginning on Tuesday, March 4, around 1:30 a.m., and 70% of power was restored by 3 a.m. By 2 a.m. on Thursday, March 6, power had been fully restored, RIU Resorts & Hotels told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday statement.

The hotel company added that “in response to publications linking the electrical failure experienced at the Riu Republica hotel with the tragic disappearance of guest Sudiksha Chowdary Konanki, RIU Hotels & Resorts wishes to firmly clarify that both events are completely unrelated.”

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh junior, has been missing since March 6, when she vanished during a spring break trip to a five-star resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Sudiksha Konanki/Facebook)

The hotel added that security cameras around RIU Republica “were operational and, in fact, recorded quality images during that day and night as there was sufficient lighting.”

Security camera footage captured Konanki walking from a hotel bar to the beach with friends, including a young man with an arm wrapped around her shoulders, around 4:17 a.m. on March 6. She was apparently last seen on the beach outside the resort at 4:50 a.m. Just before 6 a.m., her friends returned to the hotel, but Konanki was not with them.

Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on Monday, March 10. (AP/Francesco Spotorno)

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) said in a Tuesday statement that “[t]here has been considerable public speculation about what may have happened to Konanki and who may be involved.”

“We caution anyone from drawing any unsubstantiated conclusions and are committed to ensuring that a thorough investigation is conducted before any conclusions are reached,” they said in a news release. “The LCSO is hopeful for the safe return of Sudiksha Konanki, and we are committed to supporting this investigation and her family in every way possible.”

Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the LCSO at 703-777-1021. To remain anonymous, call the Loudoun Crime Solvers at 703-777-1919.