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Tag: Puerto Rico

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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.

Tags dorian Florida gulf coast labor day weekend national hurricane center Puerto Rico United States

Food

New Initiative To Support Houston’s Latin-Owned Businesses

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on June 3, 2019 · Latin Restaurant Weeks aims to drum up business at Latino-run restaurants in Houston over the next two weeks.

Tags Argentina houston latin restaurant week Peru Puerto Rico

News

U.S. Senate Passes Disaster Aid Bill That Would Release Billions For Harvey Housing Aid

Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 24, 2019 · Texans in Congress have been working for over a year to get the Trump administration to release more than $4 billion in funds appropriated to the state following Hurricane Harvey.

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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.

Tags blue tarps Hurricane Maria National Poetry Month Patricia Coral poetry Puerto Rico Toldos Azules voices and verses

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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

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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

Tags Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico U.S. Army Corps

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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

News

FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico

ADRIAN FLORIDO, NPR

Posted on January 29, 2018 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency has delivered millions of meals and gallons of water since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Four months later, it says that help is no longer needed

Tags emergency management fema Puerto Rico

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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

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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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Texas can’t legally secede from the U.S., despite popular myth

Texas Tribune Staff

Posted on June 21, 2022 · Historical and legal precedents make it clear that Texas could not leave the Union — at least not legally.

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Politics

TSA will no longer enforce travel mask mandate after a federal judge strikes it down

JONATHAN FRANKLIN, NPR

Posted on April 18, 2022 · The mask-wearing requirement had been initially imposed in early 2021, shortly after President Joe Biden took office.

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Politics

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants Texas version of Florida law that critics dubbed ‘Don’t Say Gay’

BRIAN LOPEZ, Texas Tribune / Emily Hernandez, Texas Tribune

Posted on April 5, 2022 · The Florida law prohibits teachers from teaching sexual orientation or gender identity to kids below the fourth grade.

Tags dan patrick don't say gay Florida LGBTQ

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2189: Tom Benoist

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 28, 2022 · Episode: 2189 Tom Benoist and the first commercial airline. Today, we invent the airline.

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