Puerto Rico, four years after Hurricane Maria, far from recovery.
Sep 21, 2021 · Hurricane Maria left $90 billion in damages and Congress allocated at least $63 billion for disaster relief and recovery operations. Four years later, about 71 percent of those funds have not...
Puerto Rico's infrastructure still recovering from Hurricane Maria …
Sep 19, 2024 · Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria -- nearly seven years after the powerful Category 4 storm caused extensive damage to the island's already delicate infrastructure.
Puerto Ricans take recovery into their own hands 6 years after ...
Sep 25, 2023 · Six years after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, flooding whole towns and leaving 80% of the island without power, some residents and businesses have taken matters into their own hands and are taking care of the island's locals.
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico ... - NBC News
Apr 23, 2021 · Findings from a new inspector general report show how Trump officials blocked hurricane aid for Puerto Rico and obstructed a probe looking into the withholdings.
5 years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's power grid is fragile
Five years ago, Iraida Quiñones survived Hurricane Maria, one of the worst storms to ever hit Puerto Rico and the deadliest natural disaster on U.S. territory in 100 years.
5 years after Maria, reconstruction drags on in Puerto Rico
Sep 18, 2022 · Nearly five years have gone by since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, and no one has offered her family a plastic tarp or zinc panels to replace the roof that the Category 4 storm ripped off the two-story home in an impoverished corner in the north coast town of Loiza.
What really happened in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | CNN
Sep 21, 2018 · Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico like a chainsaw in the sky, shredding what stood in its path. But the problematic response turned a natural disaster into a man-made catastrophe.
Rising from the ruins: Puerto Ricans reflect on progress ... - CBS News
Sep 22, 2022 · Vega Baja, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Fiona brought catastrophic flooding and sweeping power outages to Puerto Rico this week — five years after Hurricane Maria battered the island. But...
Puerto Rico's power grid is struggling 5 years after Hurricane Maria ...
Sep 22, 2022 · When Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, in September 2017, the storm devastated the island's electricity grid. It took 328 days, or roughly 11 months, for the island to restore power to ...
Crews will rebuild a critical dam in Puerto Rico that was battered …
Jun 29, 2023 · A key dam in Puerto Rico that was severely damaged nearly six years ago by Hurricane Maria will be rebuilt and improved, officials announced Thursday, June 29, 2023.