In November, Puerto Rico estimated it would need $94.4 billion to rebuild the island after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and make its infrastructure more resilient to future natural disasters.

Long before the winds of Hurricane Maria reached Puerto Rico, another disaster had been wrenching and scattering the lives of island residents. During the decade before Maria, economic decline and ...

Enid Medina Guzman always has candles on hand -- not for creating ambiance, but because one of the blackouts that plague ...

Facing Puerto Rico’s many hurdles, Daniel Vélez Reyes bought a one-way ticket to Arizona in 2012. At the time, he was one of just three pediatric heart surgeons on the island.

President Biden issued a disaster declaration for Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the island territory continued reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Fiona. “Today, I approved an Expedited Major ...

The House is scheduled to vote later this week on a $17.2 billion disaster funding bill which includes $600 million in specific food assistance programs for Puerto Rico, along with a variety of ...

The people of Puerto Rico have endured severe hardships from a sequence of natural disasters and the ongoing public health emergency associated with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. In response ...

Lawmakers are once again fighting over the disaster aid bill that has been stuck in Congress for months. This time, the battle is being waged over how much money goes to Puerto Rico.

The IEEE MOVE disaster relief and STEM program expanded into INDIA with the launch of the first MOVE India truck.

In Puerto Rico, meanwhile, the scope of the devastation was becoming clearer. Virtually the entire island was without power and much of it could be for weeks, officials estimated, and about half ...

Puerto Rico’s Unnatural Disaster The island’s health system is on its knees. Doctors are fleeing in droves. And the crisis is hurting children most of all. Coral Murphy Marcos April 10, 2024 ...

At first, the Trump administration seemed to be doing all the right things to respond to the disaster in Puerto Rico. As Hurricane Maria made landfall that Wednesday, there was a frenzy of ...