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Puerto Rico's hurricane-battered power grid has suffered compounding crises including hurricanes and financial problems.
More than 400,000 Puerto Ricans left without water service as power company scrambles to restore critical facilities.
Puerto Rico has had chronic outages due to hurricane damage and a lack of maintenance and investment in its power grid.
The last island-wide blackout occurred on New Year’s Eve. Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017 ...
Power is gradually being restored across the island but widespread frustration remains over the government's management of ...
An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico this week, leaving 1.4 million customers without power and more than 400,000 without water ...
The crowdfunding platform Global Giving is trying to raise $2 million to fund relief ... Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in its fundraising campaign. Beatriz Rosselló, Puerto Rico's first ...
In 2021, shortly after taking the reins of power, Democrats set about making Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico states. This ...
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Crews are working to restore power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout left 1.4 million customers in the dark. As of ...
Trump has also floated the idea of shutting down FEMA entirely, a plan that risks leaving states without critical aid in the wake of natural catastrophes. But in lieu of a complete shutdown, he and ...
Ferguson said he plans to appeal the decision: There are very clear criteria to qualify for these emergency relief ... aid from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.