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Tag: Hurricane Maria

Weather

Store owner wants Houston’s Puerto Rican community to come together amid storm power outage

Matt Thomas

Posted on September 19, 2022 · Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said the restoration of power will not be like what happened after Hurricane Maria, and that it will be a "matter of days," to get the grid at least partially up and running.

Tags Hurricane Fiona Hurricane Maria PR Food Factory Puerto Rico

Voices and Verses

National Poetry Month: “Toldos Azules” By Patricia Coral

Catherine Lu

Posted on April 23, 2019 · The Houston poet reads a poem written in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

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Symposium on Health Care Preparedness Analyzes Recent Emergency Situations in Texas

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on October 24, 2018 · Hurricane Harvey and the Santa Fe High School shooting, as well as other emergencies in the U.S., are discussed at the Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coalition Symposium

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Hurricane Maria Caused 2,975 Deaths in Puerto Rico, Independent Study Estimates

ADRIAN FLORIDO, NPR

Posted on August 28, 2018 · The number comes from a study commissioned by Puerto Rico's government, and is much higher than the government's official death toll of 64.

Tags Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico

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Study Puts Puerto Rico Death Toll From Hurricane Maria Near 5,000

Richard Harris, NPR

Posted on May 29, 2018 · The death rate is a contentious subject, in part because federal and island governments haven't responded as rapidly to the disaster as they have in other hurricane emergencies

Tags death toll Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico

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WATCH: Restoring Power To Puerto Rico’s Last Two Percent

ADRIAN FLORIDO, NPR / NICK MICHAEL, NPR / ANDY HUETHER, NPR

Posted on May 4, 2018 · Seven months after Hurricane Maria, thousands of people in the Puerto Rican mountains are still waiting for the lights to come back on. Why is power restoration for the last two percent so difficult?

Tags 360 Hurricane Maria power outage Puerto Rico video

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How Puerto Rico’s Debt Created A Perfect Storm Before The Storm

LAURA SULLIVAN, NPR

Posted on May 2, 2018 · For years, the nation's largest banks made millions off Puerto Rican debt as the island approached financial ruin. Then, with its infrastructure crumbling, a Category 4 hurricane barreled in.

Tags Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico

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Island-Wide Blackout Hits Puerto Rico Nearly Seven Months After Hurricane Maria

DANICA COTO, AP

Posted on April 18, 2018 · Officials said it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully restore power to more than 1.4 million customers

Tags Blackout Hurricane Maria power outage Puerto Rico unstable power

News

FEMA Faulted For Failed Contracts To Deliver Hurricane Aid

Associated Press

Posted on April 10, 2018 · The report from Democrats on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs described failures by the Trump administration that prevented timely delivery of tarps and sheeting to hurricane victims after the summer's storms

Tags fema Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Maria

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Needs Go Unmet Six Months After Maria Hit Puerto Rico

DANICA COTO, AP

Posted on March 20, 2018 · The storm caused an estimated $100 billion in damage, killed dozens of people and damaged or destroyed nearly 400,000 homes, according to Puerto Rico's government

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Hurricane Irma Damage in US Virgin Islands

Houston Matters

What Houston Could Learn From The Virgin Islands About Hurricane Recovery

Abner Fletcher

Posted on February 21, 2018 · A former HUD official working on disaster recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands talks about recovery efforts there since Hurricane Irma.

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WATCH: PBS NewsHour On Hurricane Maria: Displaced Puerto Ricans, Now Living In Hotels, May Soon Lose Housing

PBS NewsHour

Posted on February 19, 2018 · NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, to speak with some of those families

Tags fema Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico

News

In Reversal, FEMA Says It Won’t End Puerto Rico Food And Water Distribution Wednesday

ADRIAN FLORIDO, NPR

Posted on January 31, 2018 · The agency says it has been working on transitioning distribution to the Puerto Rican government but has not finalized it. Wednesday's date "was mistakenly provided," a spokesman said.

Tags electricity food Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico water

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Many Puerto Ricans Displaced By Hurricane Maria Expect To Settle In Texas In The Next Year

CLAUDIA TORRENS, AP

Posted on January 29, 2018 · The transition for Puerto Ricans has often proved to be difficult, disruptive and expensive as people try to find housing, jobs, schools and even furniture and clothes to start fresh on the mainland

Tags hurricane Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico

News

WATCH: PBS NewsHour On Hurricane Maria: Here’s Why Restoring Power In Puerto Rico Is Taking So Long

PBS NewsHour

Posted on January 25, 2018 · Four months after Hurricane Maria, about 450,000 of 1.5 million electricity customers in Puerto Rico still have no service. Blackouts regularly occur for hours at a time, even in San Juan

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American Red Cross expected to send hundreds to Puerto Rico amid Hurricane Fiona recovery

Sangoule Diop

Posted on September 22, 2022 · Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico on Sunday and much of the island lost its power, and has experienced mass flooding.

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Why Latino people are on the front lines of climate change

Rebecca Hersher, NPR

Posted on September 21, 2022 · A wide range of Latino communities in the United States are affected by climate-driven storms, floods, droughts and heat waves, and are leading the charge to address global warming.

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Houston Matters

Texas social media law moves forward, but more challenges await (Sept. 20, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 20, 2022 · On Tuesday's show: A new Texas law preventing social media companies from censoring posts based on political views will be allowed to take effect after a court ruling last week. But the legal battle over it is far from over.

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Hurricane Dorian Expected To Hit Florida Coast With 130 MPH Winds On Labor Day

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on August 29, 2019 · "There is an increasing likelihood of life-threatening storm surge along portions of the Florida east coast" on Labor Day weekend, the National Hurricane Center says.

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