Repairing the damage could cost up to $150 billion. September 20th: Hurricane Maria strikes Puerto Rico. Witnesses say flood waters rose 6 feet in 30 minutes, leaving thousands without food ...

In addition, the island of Vieques, just east of Puerto Rico, lies in the path of some of the storm's strongest winds. That area is a popular resort destination. Hurricane Maria knocked out ...

The last island-wide blackout occurred on New Year’s Eve. Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017 ...

Local authorities also fear “catastrophic flooding” as the storm moves on to the Dominican Republic Puerto Rico has been left without electricity as Hurricane Fiona made landfall with winds of ...

Hurricane Maria intensifies to a Category 5, and Dominica's directly in its path. Credit ... Hurricane warnings are up for Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra, as well as the British and U.S ...