Puerto Rico Power Outage Leaves Almost Entire Island in Dark December 31, 2024 By Jim Wyss Nearly all of Puerto Rico was without power Tuesday after a widespread failure in the fragile electricity grid triggered an...
Hurricane Ernesto Threatens Bermuda, Leaves Puerto Rico in Dark August 15, 2024 By Michelle Ma and Josh Saul Hurricane Ernesto took aim at Bermuda as almost half of Puerto Rico remained without power in the storm’s wake, the...
Tropical Storm Ernesto Drenches Puerto Rico on Path Northward August 14, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan and Brian Wingfield Tropical Storm Ernesto pounded Puerto Rico with torrential rain and winds as it brushed by the island on a track...
Automated Weather Insurance Could Offer Help in an Increasingly Hot World July 11, 2023 By Michelle Ma Carlos José Báez experienced the full brunt of Hurricane Maria when it made landfall in Puerto Rico as a catastrophic...
Some 349,000 Still Without Power in Puerto Rico After Fiona September 28, 2022 By Scott DiSavino An estimated 349,000 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico on Wednesday after Hurricane Fiona hit on...
A Week After Fiona, Just Over Half of Puerto Rico Has Power September 26, 2022 By Jim Wyss A week after Hurricane Fiona swiped Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic flooding and knocking out power to the entire island of...
Puerto Rico Begins Restoring Power After Storm Snuffs Grid September 19, 2022 By Jim Wyss Power is slowly being restored to parts of Puerto Rico Sunday after Atlantic storm Fiona clipped the island as a...
Update: Hurricane Dorian Goes Easy on Puerto Rico, Gathers Force Heading for Florida August 29, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan, Will Wade and Marvin G. Perez Dorian is gathering force as it aims to become the first major hurricane to slam into the Florida’s east coast...
FEMA Chief Long to Leave Agency February 13, 2019 By Jennifer Jacobs and Christopher Flavelle Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long is leaving the agency he led through a record period of natural disasters...
Beryl, Season’s First Hurricane, Weakens; Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico Face Uncertainty July 8, 2018 By Danica Coto Tropical Storm Beryl moved rapidly westward early Sunday, heading for the Lesser Antilles at the eastern entrance of the Caribbean...