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."
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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.