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Most Puerto Ricans woke up on New Year’s Eve to widespread electricity blackouts, the latest consequence of a crumbling power grid that was destroyed by Hurricane María in 2017 and never fully ...
Luma is a private Canadian-American company, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that operates and manages the electric power infrastructure in Puerto Rico. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which ...
Prior to reaching Puerto Rico, Maria reached the status of a Category 5 hurricane, before being downgraded to a high-end Category 4 hurricane by the time it made landfall on the island on September 20, bringing a large storm surge, very heavy rains, and wind gusts well above 100 mph (160 km/h). It flattened neighborhoods, crippled the island's ...
Puerto Rico is entirely without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, according to the Puerto Rico governor's office. Hurricane Maria leaves Puerto Rico completely in the dark: 'We are 100 ...
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. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will work ...
Hurricane Maria near peak intensity to the southeast of Puerto Rico on September 19, 2017. The list of Puerto Rico hurricanes from the 21st century has been marked by several devastating North Atlantic hurricanes, tropical or subtropical cyclones, their remnants, or their precursors have affected the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
Accordingly, the Government of Puerto Rico released updated death statistics for the months following Hurricane Maria on June 13. [20] Compared to the average deaths in September to December 2013 – 2016, September to December 2017 had 1,427 excess deaths; however, it is unknown how many of these deaths are attributable to the hurricane.
Five years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's power grid is fragile, with residents losing electricity constantly and worried as before Maria. Fiona confirms Puerto Ricans' fears about 'fragile ...