It’s been roughly a year since Hurricane Maria — the tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record — devastated the island of Puerto Rico. The storm killed more than 2,900 people, left millions of homes and businesses without power, and caused an estimated $ 8 billion in damage. It’s the worst natural disaster on record in…Read More
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Mental health crisis grips Puerto Rico as rebuilding efforts stumble a year after hurricane
Mental health issues in Puerto Rico are growing, according to health officials, as residents struggle with government red tape and economic issues that are snarling efforts to rebuild – coupled with the ugly psychological effects of the new hurricane season.
Photos reportedly show massive stockpile of bottled water left on a runway for more than a year in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Abdiel Santana/Facebook A photographer claimed to have discovered a stockpile of bottled water sitting on a tarmac in Puerto Rico. A year later, the photographer said the water was still there. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reportedly told CBS News correspondent David Begnaud that it provided the water to the central government in response to […]
Deal Alert: Flights to Puerto Rico From $155 Round-Trip
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UN committee blasts Trump adm. dismal job in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, urges secession vote
Scores of local and foreign activists have called on Washington to end its “colonial occupation” of Puerto Rico, bashing the US President for his lackluster and “insulting” response to last year’s deadly Maria and Irma hurricanes. In its annual resolution on Puerto Rico, the UN Special Committee on Decolonization demanded the US allow its Caribbean […]
MLB All-Star Francisco Lindor hit a home run during game in his native Puerto Rico and the stadium erupted
MLB The Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins are playing a two-game series in Puerto Rico, the first regular-season MLB games on the island in eight years. Two-time All-Star Francisco Lindor was born in Puerto Rico and hit a home run in the fifth inning. The crowd erupted as Lindor was rounding the bases. Twins pitcher […]
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Drones Help Bring Back Electricity in Puerto Rico
As the island struggles to come back online after Hurricane Maria, commercial quadcopters do the job quickly and safely. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a99d27528213473bea8238c/master/pass/Duke-Energy–FINAL.jpg
These Spots in Puerto Rico Are Spring-Break Ready
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Project Loon team gave Puerto Rico connectivity—and assembled a helicopter
AUSTIN, Texas—”So this happened—this is September 2017,” Juan Ramírez Lugo, president of the AAAS Caribbean division, tells the audience at the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference. The slide that soon greets the room depicts an almost surreal reality: the available power (or lack thereof) on the island of Puerto Rico […]