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However, he is skeptical about the government’s ability to use the aid in a timely manner, saying money assigned for similar purposes after Hurricane Maria in 2017 has not been put to use.
Changes to Puerto Rico's coastline post-Hurricane Maria stand to make communities more prone to flooding, according to a new study. An estimated 99 kilometers (62 miles) of Puerto Rico's shoreline ...
Politico also pointed to the Trump administration’s bungling of FEMA aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017.. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wrote about another instance in which Trump ...
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 ...
PRxPR is a non-governmental, private disaster relief fund which was created to provide short-term recovery efforts as well as rebuilding assistance to Puerto Rico in the wake of the devastation caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria. They have continued to work in providing sustainable infrastructure changes to the island, as well as grants and ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...