That money covers initial requests for the hurricanes that hit Texas, Louisiana and Florida, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands... READ MORE›
Trump said Friday that Puerto Rico was totally unable to handle the catastrophe on its own... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello is saying Maria could be the most catastrophic hurricane to hit the U.S. territory in a century... READ MORE›
We will not rest, however, until the people of Puerto Rico are safe... READ MORE›
Duke arrived in Puerto Rico on Friday for a previously scheduled trip, joining Governor Ricardo Rossello for an aerial tour of the island... READ MORE›
Photos Hurricane Irma tears through Caribbean Carmelo Mota, a builder, searches for tools in his destroyed home in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands, on Monday, September 18... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico has the population of Connecticut and an economy smaller than Nebraska's... READ MORE›
Beyond executive action, Congress has to intervene to help finance as well as guide Puerto Rico's financial and physical recovery... READ MORE›
Debris and destruction caused by Hurricane Irma is seen on St. John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands... READ MORE›
Hunter and Garamendi said the problem wasn't getting material to Puerto Rico, but distributing it over the island's badly damaged roads... READ MORE›
Trump waives Jones Act shipping restrictions for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
Backers of a Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico said it would help the relief effort... READ MORE›
We've gotten A-pluses on Texas and in Florida, and we will also on Puerto Rico, Trump told reporters in Washington... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico's population is larger than Iowa's 3.1 million, yet he senses that the island's colonial history somehow paints Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens... READ MORE›
We've gotten A-pluses on Texas and in Florida, and we will also on Puerto Rico, Trump told reporters in Washington... READ MORE›
Thousands of visitors abandoned their beach vacations and evacuated North Carolina's Outer Banks on Tuesday as a weakening Hurricane Maria churned up high... READ MORE›
WASHINGTON AP -- Suddenly, just about all President Donald Trump can talk about is Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico's old electrical grid, which was in terrible shape, was devastated, Trump also tweeted Monday... READ MORE›
President Trump to visit Puerto Rico to survey damage from Hurricane Maria... READ MORE›
U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll visit hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico next Tuesday... READ MORE›
FEMA said it had more than 700 staff on the ground in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands... READ MORE›
The government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, operating under court protection from creditors, has more than 8 billion in debt but little to show for it... READ MORE›
The downed power system is also damaging the tourism industry, which contributed 8 percent to Puerto Rico's economy last year... READ MORE›
Obstacles litter roads in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island... READ MORE›
The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration said 4,000 members of the US Army Reserves have been deployed to the island to help with Hurricane Maria recovery... READ MORE›
We're already having thousands of folks relocate from Puerto Rico to Florida, Rep... READ MORE›
Other territories including British Virgin Islands and Anguilla heavily hit by Irma have escaped full force of Maria... READ MORE›
-- NWS San Juan NWSSanJuan September 23, 2017 The evacuation came as at least six people were confirmed dead in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria pummelled the region... READ MORE›
British man dies as Royal Navy helicopter rescues wife and children from capsized ship near Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria... READ MORE›
At least 15 people were killed in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Dia? newspaper reported... READ MORE›
There were a number of additional people gathered at the dock who were not our guests who also expressed a desire to leave St. Thomas... READ MORE›
EPA 8 46 Storm clouds are seen over Fisher Island as Hurricane Irma approaches on 9 September 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida... READ MORE›
UK foreign minister Alan Duncan said The British Virgin Islands were also not spared the hurricane's full force... READ MORE›
Hurricane warnings were issued for the British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Martinique and St Lucia... READ MORE›
Live hurricane irma strongest ever atlantic storm batters caribbean islands... READ MORE›
Hurricane warnings are in effect for both the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands, along with Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Lucia... READ MORE›
Cuba blasted as hurricane irma tears through the caribbean... READ MORE›
Police patrol the area as Hurricane Irma makes landfall in San Juan, Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
In the British Virgin Islands, residents said they lacked information on aid and relief efforts... READ MORE›
The dangerousness of this event is like nothing we've ever seen, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said... READ MORE›
Pauline Jackson, a 59-year-old registered nurse from Florida visiting Puerto Rico, said she had tried to leave before the storm but all flights were sold out... READ MORE›
To the west, Irma raked the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where nearly 1 million people were without electricity Wednesday night... READ MORE›
Photos Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A shack is destroyed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday, September 21... READ MORE›
Hurricane irma likely to be followed by more extreme weather events... READ MORE›
Authorities warned of heavy damage from the storm, which has so far killed at least 25 people across the Caribbean... READ MORE›
Florida gun owners encouraged to 'shoot the storm' and fire their guns at hurricane irma... READ MORE›
The National Hurricane Center reports that the center of the hurricane was detected just offshore the northwest coast of Puerto Rico around 2pm ET... READ MORE›
The most dangerous winds, usually nearest to the eye, were forecast to pass near the northern Virgin Islands and near or just north of Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
Even though Irma passed north of Puerto Rico, it knocked out power for 70 percent of the island, and killed at least three people... READ MORE›
Officials in Puerto Rico were assessing the damage after Maria slammed the island on Wednesday with winds of up to 155 mph 250 kph ... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew through Saturday for the island's 3.4 million people... READ MORE›
At least 15 people were killed in Puerto Rico, the island's El Nuevo Dia? newspaper reported... READ MORE›
Florida Governor Rick Scott said Hurricane Irma is a major and life-threatening storm and Florida must be prepared... READ MORE›
Hurricane Irma update What we know about the devastation of Barbuda, St. Martin and other Caribbean islands, Jose threat... READ MORE›
Hurricane Maria threatens to hit remote island of St. John not long after it was battered by Hurricane Irma... READ MORE›
The National Hurricane Center said some areas in Puerto Rico could see 40 inches of rain from Maria, and Rossello warned of dangerous mudslides... READ MORE›
Eye of storm expected to pass near Dominica on Monday evening with hurricane set to hit eastern islands still struggling after Hurricane Irma... READ MORE›
Beth Tamplin Jones, 45, rode out Hurricane Irma earlier this month in the pantry of a friend's house in the US Virgin Islands... READ MORE›
The U.S. National Hurricane Center NHC said Irma is now the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean... READ MORE›
Some 200,000 people are in need of aid in the eastern Caribbean, including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Martin, according to the World Food Programme... READ MORE›
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