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In beleaguered Puerto Rico, Fiona revives trauma of Hurricane Maria

Javier Rivera-Aquino is a lawyer who supplemented his income by raising bananas on a 17-acre plot of land in the mountains of west-central Puerto Rico until five years ago, when Hurricane Maria plowed into the island and swept away his plantation.

Reuters · Sep 23, 2022

Puerto Rico's vulnerability to hurricanes is magnified by weak government and bureaucratic roadblocks

Five years after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona has killed at least four people, caused widespread flooding and left hundreds of thousands of residents without water or power. Maria caused extensive damage to Puerto Rico’s power grid in 2017 that left many residents without electricity for…

The Conversation · Sep 21, 2022

Cleanup on Puerto Rico is slow and difficult after Hurricane Fiona

The hurricane dumped more than 2 feet of rain in some areas of the island. The rain and flooding have left a soggy mess across many homes and weary residents are starting to clean up.

WEKU · Sep 21, 2022

5 years after Maria, reconstruction drags on in Puerto Rico

Nearly five years have passed since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of 3.2 million people

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

Massive power outage in Puerto Rico keeps island in the dark and in dire need of help

A blackout that occurred at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday night has kept much of Puerto Rico in the dark, with residents reliving Hurricane Maria scenarios where the sound of generators, the scorching heat and concern for lack of essential services were rising Friday.

Orlando Sentinel · Apr 8, 2022

Charlie Crist to visit Puerto Rico in campaign for Florida governor

In the decade since U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist served as Florida’s governor, the state has become one of the most popular destinations for Puerto Ricans moving to the U.S. mainland, approaching and at points surpassing New York. After Hurricane Maria battered the island in 2017, Florida saw a surge in…

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022

Monkey study reveals a troubling link between natural disasters and aging

In a new study, scientists identify accelerated aging in macaques following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The results could have implications for how the human body reacts to natural disasters.

Inverse · Feb 11, 2022

Survivors Of Weather Disasters May Age More Quickly

Rhesus monkeys were found to have changed at the molecular level following Hurricane Maria.

Zenger · Feb 10, 2022

US to modernize, speed up work on Puerto Rico power grid

Three federal agencies have promised to help modernize Puerto Rico’s outage-plagued power grid and speed up efforts to strengthen it more than four years after Hurricane Maria razed it

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022