UPDATE: Sept. 20, 2017, 5:10 p.m. EDT Hurricane Maria is now considered a Category 2 storm with 110 miles per hour sustained winds, according to a 5 p.m. ET update from the National Hurricane Center.

The mayors of Yabucoa and Cayey ... local personnel were not prepared to respond to a Category 4 hurricane like Maria. Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Public Safety, Héctor Pesquera, has been ...

It's been exactly one year since Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico as a category 4 storm, resulting in nearly 3,000 deaths It’s been exactly one year since Hurricane Maria wreaked ...

Powerful Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning but is expected to stay offshore of the Carolinas as it heads north. Maria was a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds when its ...

Unfortunately, many of the people who have evacuated St. Maarten, St. John, and St. Thomas, among other areas, have fled to Puerto Rico. The problem with this is that Hurricane Maria is headed ...

“God is with us; we are stronger than any hurricane,” Mr. Rossello said. “Together we will rise again.” Maria made landfall in Yabucoa in the east of Puerto Rico early on Wednesday as a ...

Yabucoa, a small town in southeast Puerto Rico, was one of the regions hardest hit by Hurricane Maria in 2017. And this school community, like hundreds of others in Puerto Rico, has experienced ...

What was it like in Puerto Rico? I’d never been; my first trip was the day of the hurricane. People were just getting by, yet not one didn’t welcome me into the rubble that was left of their home.

Yet, as the story of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria shows, more action is needed before those benefits can be realized. ’There is a gap between the capabilities that we know we have and ...

Donald Trump has been heavily criticised for his administration's reaction, or lack thereof, to the situation in US territory Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. In a bid to silence his ...