Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic braced for Tropical Storm Dorian on yesterday as it churned west-northwest, with officials cautioning that it could approach hurricane-strength today after blowing over Barbados.
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President Donald Trump yesterday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official toll, according to estimates in a Harvard University study.
The US territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will need to take painful actions to restore their economies amid the hurricane devastation
Puerto Rico’s population is set to decrease by 14 per cent to 2.9 million inhabitants by 2019 due to an exodus of residents fleeing the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has expressed confidence in the readiness of Puerto Rico to host Caribbean Travel Marketplace in January.
A casual comment on Twitter by Tesla CEO Elon Musk about rebuilding Puerto Rico’s power grid using solar technology is being treated seriously by the storm-ravaged island’s top elected officials.
The official death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has increased to 34 from 16, the US territory’s governor said Tuesday.
Rihanna is joining several others, including Marc Anthony, in demanding that President Donald Trump do more to help the people of Puerto Rico following the devastation that was caused by Hurricane Maria.
American rapper Pitbull is sending his private jet to Puerto Rico to transfer cancer patients to the United States to receive treatment.
Puerto Rico was facing dangerous flooding and an islandwide power outage yesterday, following Hurricane Maria as the death toll from the powerful storm topped 15 in the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica.
Irma is now a monster of a hurricane – a Category 5 system with 175 mile-per-hour winds – as it bears down on the Leeward Islands. And its core is still on track to move dangerously near or over portions of the island chain’s north tonight and early tomorrow.
