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Hurricanes are becoming more frequent. When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm in 2017, it knocked out power to the entire island, killed nearly 3,000 people and was ...
Which of those ultimately happens in Puerto Rico is yet to be determined, but one thing at least is clear: The Caribbean Island to which the U.S. sends tens of billions of dollars a year appears to ...
Hurricane Maria was a Category 5 storm when it slammed into Dominica, an island of around 74,000 people. The first aerial video of the aftermath of the storm shows an island hurting from 165 mph ...
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017. The roaring winds of the high-end Category 4 hurricane decimated the island’s fragile and very deteriorated electric system, ...
Hurricane Maria, a near-Category 5 storm, hit on Sept. 20, 2017, leaving about 3,000 dead and damaging 80 percent of the system. The last house was not reconnected to the system until nearly a ...
Hurricane Maria’s rains triggered ruthless flooding throughout Puerto Rico’s mountainous regions. Rivers rose 30, 40 and 50 feet, washing away roads and bridges that cut off entire communities.
As the Atlantic hurricane season begins, there is anxiety on the small island nation of Dominica which is still reeling from Hurricane Maria that damaged or destroyed 95% of its housing.
Puerto Rico is once again underwater and in the dark, as Hurricane Fiona lashed the island on the 5-year anniversary of the worst blackout in U.S. history.
The hurricane also damaged the Puerto Rico’s power infrastructure, leaving some communities on the island without power for almost a year. Additionally, 95% of the population lost access to clean ...
Many people are still dealing with the massive wave of destruction from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the bad news is that it might not … ...
Roberto Mercado ’25 survived Hurricane Maria, then worked to uplift Latiné communities from Puerto Rico to California ...