Puerto Rico power company scrambles to restore electricity as businesses close and hospitals rely on generators amid latest ...

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

Rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses dropped during and shortly after Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the COVID-19 ...

Recent major events, including hurricanes Irma and Maria and the COVID-19 pandemic, were associated with a decreased ...

It’s not supposed to be this way. After Hurricane Maria hit in 2017 — the second deadliest in U.S. history — Congress allocated billions to Puerto Rico’s grid to repair energy plants and ...

2. Spread the word. Despite the widespread devastation, it's not clear that Americans fully understand how Hurricane Maria affected Puerto Rico, or that the island is a U.S. territory whose ...

The storm's center is now 25 miles north-northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Maria is expected to strengthen to major hurricane status on Thursday. Hurricane Maria, one of the 10 most intense ...

2 years later, U.S. island territories still hurting from Hurricanes Irma and Maria Although 2020 is only days away, Americans in the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are ...

23, Miranda-Rodriguez said, just three days after the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria on the 150th anniversary of Grito de Lares, which was the only successful uprising in the history of ...

Reuters also reported these municipalities said, "Hurricanes Irma and Maria contributed to an estimated 4,600 deaths and the failure of critical infrastructure in Puerto Rico." ...

At first glance, it doesn’t add up. In recent years, Puerto Rico has faced tremendous hardship, brought on by Hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017, and in 2020, the island was battered by earthquakes and ...