Hurricane’s death toll in Puerto Rico put at nearly 3,000
Puerto Rico’s governor raised the U.S. territory’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975 on Tuesday after an independent study found that the number of people who succumbed in the desperate, sweltering aftermath had been severely undercounted.
Puerto Rico: 1,400 died from hurricane but toll still at 64
Puerto Rico is estimating in a report to Congress that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, though an island official said Thursday that the confirmed toll remains frozen at 64 pending a scientific review due out soon.
Puerto Rico issues new data on Hurricane Maria deaths
Eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Efrain Perez felt a pain in his chest.
Puerto Rico reports increase in overall deaths after storm
The pace of deaths quickened on Puerto Rico immediately after Hurricane Maria — well beyond the number of deaths officially attributed to the Category 4 storm.
Trump lashes out at Puerto Rico as House passes aid package
President Donald Trump lashed out at hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico on Thursday, insisting in tweets that the federal government can’t keep sending help “forever” and suggesting the U.S. territory was to blame for its financial struggles.
Trump sees ‘miracle’ Puerto Rico survival, ignores critics
Touring a small slice of Hurricane Maria’s devastation, President Donald Trump congratulated Puerto Rico on Tuesday for escaping the higher death toll of “a real catastrophe like Katrina” and heaped praise on the relief efforts of his administration without mentioning the sharp criticism the federal response has drawn.
Poll: Few approve of Trump’s Puerto Rico response
Americans are more likely to approve than disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling hurricane relief in Florida and Texas, but it’s a different story when it comes to Puerto Rico.
Many Puerto Ricans angry over Trump’s comments on island
Outside of official events, many Puerto Ricans say they won’t be welcoming President Donald Trump with open arms during his visit to the storm-wracked island on Tuesday.
Trump heads to Puerto Rico to survey damage
President Donald Trump is heading to San Juan on Tuesday to meet with some of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria, as criticism that the federal government’s response has been sluggish continues.
Desperate separation: Puerto Rican natives living in Golden Triangle scramble for news, communication with relatives after Hurricane Maria
Starkville resident Daria Rodriguez spent two days viewing online images of the destruction Hurricane Maria wrought on her home commonwealth of Puerto Rico — all without hearing from her 10-year-old son, Diego Cerame, who was on the island when the storm hit Sept. 20.
Hurricane Maria a reminder of ‘second-class’ status for some Puerto Ricans
Xavier Totti moved to the mainland United States from his native Puerto Rico 43 years ago. He is still asked routinely if he is “legal,” and when he mails packages to relatives back home, he has to fill out an international form.
Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help
President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the island’s future.
Puerto Ricans say US relief efforts failing them
The Trump administration declared Thursday that its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding, but people on the island said help was scarce and disorganized while food supplies dwindled in some remote towns eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of 3.4 million people.
Now even money is running out in storm-hit Puerto Rico
First, Hurricane Maria knocked out power and water to Puerto Rico. Then diesel fuel, gas and water became scarce. Now, it’s money.
Maria, again a hurricane, swirls over North Carolina beaches
Maria regained strength and became a hurricane again Wednesday, pushing water over both sides of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and taking its time to slowly turn away from the U.S. Atlantic coast.
Trump suddenly focuses on Puerto Rico, promises visit, aid
Suddenly, just about all President Donald Trump can talk about is Puerto Rico.
A stunned Puerto Rico seeks to rebuild after Hurricane Maria
Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans stunned by a hurricane that crushed concrete balconies, twisted metal gates and paralyzed the island with landslides, flooding and downed trees vowed to slowly rebuild amid an economic crisis as rescue crews fanned out across the U.S. territory Thursday.
Hurricane Maria aims at Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica
Puerto Rico faced Wednesday what officials said could be the strongest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. territory as they warned it would decimate the power company’s crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities.
Hurricane Maria lashes Dominica, now menaces other islands
Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with catastrophic winds, leaving what one official described Tuesday as “widespread devastation” from the monster storm now threatening Caribbean islands already devastated by Hurricane Irma.