hurricane Maria

Ada Reyes holds the hand of her daughter Adamaris Rodriguez.

'Here, We Are United': A Puerto Rico Church Offers Comfort After Hurricane Maria

11:50am October 09, 2017

by Elissa Nadworny

A church in Utuado, in Puerto Rico's central mountainous region, is open for a community reeling from the effects of Maria — including deaths from landslides, lack of electricity and blocked roads.

Lopez says that help has been piecemeal since the storm hit. "We feel forgotten," she says.

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'We Feel Forgotten': In Storm-Battered Home Of Musical Hit, Help Comes 'Despacito'

8:42am October 03, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

Many houses in the Old San Juan neighborhood of La Perla flooded or collapsed completely, leaving people homeless and sleeping in the ruins.

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The Navy's hospital ship Comfort departs from Norfolk, Va., to support hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

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San Juan Mayor: This Is A 'People Are Dying' Story

10:03pm September 29, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

After the DHS chief says the recovery effort in Puerto Rico is working, the mayor of San Juan explodes in frustration, asking, "Where is the good news?"

A dairy farmer in Manati, Puerto Rico in a milking parlor on Thursday. Puerto Rico's dairy farmers account for about a third of the island's total agricultural production. Now they're struggling to recover their cows and get them milked.

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Puerto Rico's Dairy Industry, Once Robust, Flattened By Maria

4:28pm September 29, 2017

by Dan Charles

Puerto Rico's dairy farmers account for about a third of the island's total agricultural production. Now they're struggling to recover their cows and get them milked.

Clockwise from top left: Flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas. A victim of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Rescuers search for survivors after the earthquake in Mexico. Monsoon flooding in India.

What The Pileup Of U.S. Disasters Means For The World

3:57pm September 29, 2017

by Nurith Aizenman

Fundraising shortfalls. Staff operating at full tilt. How this epic season of hurricanes in the U.S. is complicating the response to global crises.

Wily Williams, Beyoncé and J. Balvin teamed up for a remix of "Mi Gente."

Music & Culture

Beyoncé Joins J. Balvin And Willy William For 'Mi Gente' Remix

11:09pm September 28, 2017

by Otis Hart

Queen Bey is donating proceeds from the song to relief efforts in Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

A container ship is seen docked at the port of San Juan as people deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on Monday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Trump Administration Waives Shipping Restriction For Puerto Rico

3:32pm September 28, 2017

by Jeff Brady

The administration has waived the Jones Act for Puerto Rico. Under the law, only U.S.-flagged ships are allowed to move goods between U.S. ports.

How an almost century-old maritime law is still causing headaches across the country

Episode 524: Mr Jones' Act

7:25pm September 27, 2017

The government suspended the Jones Act last week, to allow non-US ships to move fuel to victims of hurricanes in Houston and Florida. Which once again made us wonder why the act even exists.

Veronica Vargas (left) and her mother, Martha Viera, rode out the hurricane in their house on the top of a mountain ridge, near Aibonito in central Puerto Rico.

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With Bottles And Buckets, Puerto Ricans Seek The Water To Survive

3:37pm September 27, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The damage left by Hurricane Maria has disabled running water for many in Puerto Rico. People are driving to mountain springs to fill empty soda bottles and heading to rivers to do their laundry.

Juan Rojas (right), of Queens, N.Y., hugs his 4-year-old grandson Elias Rojas as his daughter-in-law Cori Rojas (left) carries her daughter, Lilly, 3, through the terminal at JFK airport on Tuesday after they arrived on a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico

U.S. Schools Brace For An Influx Of Students From Puerto Rico

3:21pm September 27, 2017

by Ariana Figueroa

With schools in Puerto Rico shut down, school districts on the U.S. mainland are getting ready to help relocate students displaced by Hurricane Maria.