Puerto Rico Releases Records Suggesting a Higher Death Count After Hurricane Maria
The records indicate 1,427 more people died on the island in the months following the hurricane than would be expected in a normal year.
Hurricane Maria
America Is Not Ready for Disability Disaster Response in the Coming Hurricane Season
FEMA and the Red Cross talk a good game, but the disability community is skeptical.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season Starts Today
And many of the regions hit hardest by last year's historic hurricane season haven't fully recovered yet.
The Real Cost of Trump's Negligence in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria is officially the deadliest storm in modern U.S. history—yet it received just a fraction of the aid given to Houston.
After the Storm: Hurricane Maria Refugees Resettle in Amish Country
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is a small town with a long history of integrating Puerto Rican families, but this most recent influx is putting its resources to the test.
Whitefish Discloses $150,000 Sum Spent on Lobbyists After Scrutiny of Puerto Rico Power Deal
Despite Whitefish's small size, the energy company was hired to help restore electrical service to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
NOAA Announces 2017 Was Costliest Disaster Year
The total cost of $306 billion was mostly attributed to hurricanes and wildfires.
Puerto Rico’s Governor Orders Review of All Deaths Since Hurricane Maria
Ricardo A. Rosselló now admits that the toll "may be higher than the official count certified to date."
FEMA Plans to Airlift Puerto Ricans to U.S. Mainland
This is the first time FEMA has offered an air breach.
Puerto Rico's Recovery Is Essential for Our Economy
Even if you ignore the obvious moral necessity for the government to assist Puerto Rico, the government should not ignore its economic and military necessity.
'There Are No Natural Disasters': A Conversation With Jacob Remes
How critical disaster studies can teach us what went wrong in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Was Undergoing a Humanitarian Crisis Long Before Hurricane Maria
For decades, Puerto Rico had been suffering the slow but certain violence of modern colonial capitalism.
Hurricane Maria Leaves the Caribbean in Shambles
The third in a string of cataclysmic hurricanes, Maria hit the Caribbean just two weeks after Hurricane Irma devastated the region.
Another Devastatingly Strong Hurricane Is Tearing Across the Caribbean
While the hurricane's strength is likely to fluctuate, Maria is expected to pummel Puerto Rico as a Category 4 or 5 storm—the first storm of that strength to hit the island in 85 years.