A Tree Falls In Puerto Rico, And 840,000 Customers Lose Power
One tree was all it took. Around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, a wayward trunk tumbled over onto a major transmission line in Puerto Rico's still-fragile electrical grid and cut power to roughly 840,000...
View ArticlePuerto Rico In The Midst Of An Islandwide Blackout
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Puerto Rico is in the midst of a near total blackout. It's the largest power outage since Hurricane Maria destroyed the island's power grid...
View ArticleIn Puerto Rico, Blackouts Continue To Disrupt Lives And The Island's Economy
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Puerto Rico is still recovering from an island-wide blackout that hit yesterday, the largest since Hurricane Maria destroyed the power grid...
View ArticlePuerto Rican Comedy Troupe Aims To Lift Up Spirits Of Those Living On, Off...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Puerto Rico, there's a joke that after Hurricane Maria, it was Puerto Ricans off the island who were the ones who really suffered. After...
View ArticleHow Puerto Rico Plans To Spend $1.5 Billion In Federal Recovery Grants
As Puerto Rico continues its recovery from Hurricane Maria, officials on the island are preparing for billions of dollars in federal reconstruction aid that will begin flowing in the coming months. On...
View ArticlePuerto Rico To FEMA: Let The Power Crews Stay
Updated 5:58 p.m. ET The last of the federal government's power restoration crews are scheduled to leave Puerto Rico when their contract expires next week, leaving the island's power utility with the...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Residents Skeptical Of Hurricane Preparedness As Season Set To Start
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Puerto Rico is gearing up for the Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins in two weeks. Officials say they are well-prepared...
View ArticleFEMA Denies Contract Extension In Puerto Rico, Power Crews Head Home
For more than a week, Puerto Rico's representative in Congress has been urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend the contract under which mainland power crews have been helping repair...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Governor Outlines Island's Hurricane Preparedness Plans
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right, let's get some reaction now from Puerto Rico, which is where we find our colleague, NPR's Adrian Florido. Hey, Adrian. ADRIAN...
View ArticleAn Impromptu Memorial To Demand That Puerto Rico's Hurricane Dead Be Counted
Luis Vázquez walked up to the elegant marble plaza in front of Puerto Rico's capitol building, bent over, and took off his shoes. He placed them among more than 400 other pairs that over several hours...
View ArticleClosures Of Schools In Puerto Rico Complicate Family Life
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To Puerto Rico now where almost a quarter of all public schools are scheduled to be shut down before the start of the next school year....
View ArticleLeadership Of Puerto Rico's Electric Utility Crumbles Amid Power Struggle
The leadership of Puerto Rico's troubled electric utility — PREPA — crumbled on Thursday, as a majority of its board of directors, including its newly named CEO, resigned rather than submit to demands...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Estimates It Will Cost $139 Billion To Fully Recover From...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: One hundred thirty-nine billion dollars - that is what Puerto Rico's government says it will cost for the island to make a full recovery from...
View Article11 Months After Hurricane Maria Hit Puerto Rico, Officials Say All Power Is...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It was one of the largest blackouts in history. Now nearly 11 months after Hurricane Maria plunged Puerto Rico into darkness, officials...
View ArticleFEMA Begins Scaling Back Financial Assistance In Puerto Rico
Eleven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has said that the island's emergency is over. And because of that, the agency has begun scaling back...
View ArticleIn Hawaii, Residents And Officials Are Scrambling To Prepare For Hurricane Lane
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: In Hawaii, officials and residents are scrambling to prepare for possible landfall by a Category 4 hurricane. Hurricane Lane is moving toward...
View ArticleHurricane Lane Is Beginning To Bear Down On Hawaii
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In Hawaii, Hurricane Lane is beginning to bear down. The Category 3 storm is soaking the Big Island. More than a foot of rain has already...
View ArticleOff The Coast Of Hawaii, Hurricane Lane Dumps Sheets Of Rain
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: Hurricane Lane is off the coast of Hawaii this morning. The storm is dumping rain on the islands, triggering landslides and flooding. The...
View ArticleHurricane Lane Dumps More Than 30 Inches Of Rain On Parts Of Hawaii's Big Island
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Hurricane Lane continues its approach toward Hawaii. This morning, it was downgraded to a Category 2 storm. But with sustained winds of 105...
View ArticleHurricane Maria Caused 2,975 Deaths In Puerto Rico, Independent Study Estimates
Updated at 9:25 p.m. ET Puerto Rico's governor updated the island's official death toll for victims of Hurricane Maria on Tuesday, hours after independent researchers from George Washington University...
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