Hurricane Maria

A person wearing a pink cap sits at a table near three large, black, plastic rats.
Arts
‘Colonialism is scary as hell’: Puerto Rican activists in Chicago stage a haunted house
A hurricane is pictured from space going over Puerto Rico.
Environment
Caribbean fish love catastrophic hurricanes
Protesters gather with colorful signs
Protest
Puerto Rico’s new land-use zoning map strikes a nerve with fed-up citizens
Category-1 strength winds bend palm trees as Hurricane Dorian slams into St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on Aug. 28, 2019.
Natural disasters
Puerto Rico power grid official feels ‘prepared’ for Dorian as Trump slams ‘corrupt’ island
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Health & Medicine
As hurricane season nears in Puerto Rico, a doctor tries to help pregnant women prepare themselves
Richelle Van Dusen and her partner, Dallas Tate, are shown bent over working in a field of green vegetables.
Photo essay: Puerto Rico’s small farmers rebuild, with help from chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
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Environment
After Maria, Puerto Rican women farmers work together to build resilience
Crops were damaged in Puerto Rico
Environment
After Hurricane Maria, farmers in Puerto Rico struggle to rebuild
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Environment
In Puerto Rico, neighbors turn to each other in Maria’s aftermath
Hurricane Maria aftermath
¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Rebuilding after Maria
Puerto Rico’s tropical forests are showing resilience after Hurricane Maria
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Health & Medicine
Documentaries capture the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Ricans’ health
children play in the dark in puerto rico 8 months after hurricane maria
¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Rebuilding after Maria
Hurricane kids: What Katrina taught us about saving Puerto Rico’s youngest storm victims
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¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Rebuilding after Maria
This Puerto Rican town rebuilt after Maria but it’s still not ready for another storm
Destroyed homes on a beach
¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Rebuilding after Maria
Puerto Rico’s eroding beaches spell trouble for coastal dwellers
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Politics
Without evidence, Trump disputes Puerto Rico’s reported hurricane death toll
Hurricane Maria aftermath
With government sidelined, citizen scientists test water quality in Puerto Rico
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Global Nation Education
A year after Maria, Puerto Rican college students find home – on the island and off
Two women in front of school
Business, Economics and Jobs
In Puerto Rico’s coffee country, ‘We have to motivate the farmers to come to the soil again’
Soldiers of the Puerto Rico National Guard and volunteers of the Puerto Rico State Guard clear a road at Punta Santiago in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Scenes of utter devastation were found throughout the island after Hurricane Maria hit last September.
Report: FEMA wasn’t ready for Hurricane Maria, destruction in Puerto Rico
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Health
In a Puerto Rico neighborhood still waiting for power, this community kitchen is like ‘therapy’
Shoes at Puerto Rico's capitol building represent the more 4,645 deaths attributed to Hurricane Maria
Commentary
Why Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
A young woman stands in front of a gray building.
Puerto Rico’s public university system is in disarray. But it’s not just because of Hurricane Maria.
On Wednesday, the entire Island of Puerto Rico lost power. But before Wednesday's outage, after nearly eight months post-Hurricane Maria, 11 percent of the island was still living in darkness — including this apartment building in Coamo.`
Conflict
Lights are out in Puerto Rico again. But for some, the power’s been out since Hurricane Maria.
A woman uses a solar lamp inside the darkened bathroom of her home in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, on January 27, 2018.
Conflict
Puerto Rico hit by island-wide power blackout
A man rides a bicycle past a collapsed utility pole after Hurricane Maria hit the island in September 2017.
Development
Six months after Maria, Puerto Rico is burdened with challenges
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Global Politics
Official: Puerto Rico should rebuild power grid from scratch
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Culture
Is it ethical to vacation in places devastated by disaster?
Activists call for more support for Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria during a rally at Thomas Paine Plaza.
Justice
Puerto Ricans who evacuated to Philadelphia worry help will soon run out
Woman in bandana leans over jars of green beans with permanent marker, writing on tops
Health
Four months of food aid in Puerto Rico brought too much salt and sugar, say some recipients
Buildings damaged by Hurricane Maria are seen in Lares, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, 2017.
Health
Puerto Rico to analyze thousands of deaths that occurred since Hurricane Maria
Technician Alexis Portalatin stands next to rooftop solar panels he is connecting to a new Tesla battery storage system the San Juan suburb of Guaynabo. The storage system will allow the panels to operate separately from the power grid and supply electric
Economics
Hurricanes blew away Puerto Rico’s power grid. Now solar power is rising to fill the void.
Months after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, damage like this fallen tree on a roof in Utuado have yet to be repaired.
Culture
As hurricane recovery continues, Puerto Rico prepares for Christmas
Mely Revai in San Juan, Puerto Rico, holding a ritual kiddush cup she brought from her home Caracas.
Belief
A Venezuelan couple found refuge in Puerto Rico. Then the hurricane hit.
Marc Noisette of Westchester County, New York fixes the cables on an electric post opposite the Cathedral of San Juan in the historic quarter of Puerto Rico's capital.
Business, Finance & Economics
In San Juan, they’re going street by street, house by house, turning the lights back on
A family bathe and wash their car with mountain spring water after hurricane Maria hit the area in September, in Utuado, Puerto Rico.
Global Politics
In hurricane aftermath, Puerto Ricans get impatient with shortages
Hospitals in the US mainland are facing shortages of IV fluids and medicine because of Hurricane Maria's damage to Puerto Rico.
Medicine
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Then it caused a ripple effect in mainland hospitals.
Local residents ride a horse by a destroyed building after Hurricane Maria in Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Economics
As Puerto Rico continues to struggle, so do the island’s small businesses
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Environment
In hurricane-prone Miami, one meteorologist is forecasting the future
A member of the Puerto Rican National Guard dodges downed power cables as he hands out food and water
Conflict
Tiny Montana firm hired to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid
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Education
Some Puerto Rican college students displaced by Hurricane Maria have already started classes again — in Florida
Cleaning up power lines in Puerto Rico
Development
Renewable energy and resilient microgrids could help rebuild Puerto Rico
It’s not just people without shelter in the Virgin Islands. Here a dog is drenched as it sits patiently through another downpour of rain, in Frederiksted, St. Croix, US. Virgin Islands September 30th 2017.
Conflict
US Virgin Islands still need help after suffering from two hurricanes
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter delivers cargo to the hospital ship USNS Comfort as the ship is underway in support of humanitarian relief operations to help those affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico on October 1, 2017.
Conflict
A fly-along with relief workers in Puerto Rico
Trump in Puerto Rico today
Conflict
In Puerto Rico, Trump praises relief efforts, compares death toll favorably to Katrina’s
U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 speak with local civilian employees during an assessment of Hospital Oriente’s medical and operational needs as part
Development
When disaster strikes, it’s the US military that’s often the most capable responder
People carry containers that will be filled with water from a tank truck at an area hit by Hurricane Maria in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Sept. 26, 2017.
Conflict
Trump lifts Jones Act, allowing more aid shipments to reach suffering Puerto Rico
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Environment
As seas warm, small island states face a dangerous future
Puerto Rico flooded
Conflict
What it was like for Puerto Ricans during Hurricane Maria
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Environment
Puerto Rico is ‘100 percent without power’ after Hurricane Maria makes landfall