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Politics
President Trump's administration is releasing billions of dollars in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico that was supposed to be released by September.

Months After Blowing Deadline, Trump Administration Lifts Hold On Puerto Rico Aid

Jan 15, 2020

HUD says it is releasing more than $8 billion in aid to Puerto Rico aid. The deadline to do so was in September. The aid is for rebuilding after devastating Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck in 2017.

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Law
Sergo Colin, Jorge Carballo and Althia Meggie, all former workers at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollwood Hills, face multiple counts of aggravated manslaughter. Meggie and another nurse face additional charges related to tampering with evidence.

Police Say Families Trusted Nursing Home Staff, But 'That Trust Was Betrayed'

Aug 27, 2019
Former staffers face multiple counts of aggravated manslaughter. Some face charges of tampering. Florida officials ruled 12 patients that died at a nursing home after a 2017 hurricane were homicides.
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Law
Police officers talk to an employee at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, Fla., in 2017. Several patients died there when the air conditioning stopped following Hurricane Irma, authorities said.

Four Former Staffers Face Charges Nursing Home Deaths After Hurricane Irma

Aug 26, 2019
A dozen people died in 2017 after Irma knocked out the air conditioning system at the center. Florida officials previously ruled the deaths were homicides.
Discover Music
Alt.Latino
A resident of Puerto Rico cleans up just after Hurricane Maria struck the island on Set. 20, 2017

Puerto Rico One Year After Maria

Sep 20, 2018
A collection of stories from NPR News about the devastating storm and its aftermath.
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Law
In this June 13 photo, a residence in the Figueroa neighborhood stands destroyed nine months after Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Wednesday a federal judge extended a temporary housing program for territory residents whose homes were destr

Judge Extends FEMA Housing Program For Evacuees Of Hurricanes Maria And Irma

Aug 01, 2018
The agency was ordered to continue payments for Puerto Rico disaster survivors living in hotels after their homes were destroyed nearly 11 months ago. The extension expires on Aug. 31.
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Music Interviews
Kenny Chesney walks around the island of St. John after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Kenny Chesney's Love Note To Caribbean After Disaster: It's About The Moving Forward

Jul 29, 2018
Country star Kenny Chesney went into the studio as therapy after hurricanes tore through the U.S. Virgin Islands, the place he calls home. Those sessions became his latest album, Songs for the Saints.
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Science
The most severe NOAA model of sea level rise shows areas that are projected to be underwater in New York (left) and Miami by 2033 in blue. Green lines represent fiber cables that deliver Internet.

Rising Seas Could Cause Problems For Internet Infrastructure

Jul 16, 2018
The Internet relies on a network of cables, many buried underground along U.S. coastlines. A new analysis finds sea level rise could put thousands of miles of cable underwater in the next 15 years.
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National
NOAA's GOES satellite shows Hurricane Irma as it moved toward the Florida Coast in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 07, 2017. Irma was a Category 5 hurricane, and in its aftermath, some people want a Category 6.

Some Survivors Of Category 5 Hurricane Irma Want A Category 6

Jun 17, 2018
Some top researchers now say that climate change has led to stronger hurricanes. Now, there's a push to expand the wind scale to include a Category 6 for winds as powerful as those seen last year.
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National
A crew working with FEMA's Emergency Home Repair program. It wasn't until March, six months after the hurricanes hit, that FEMA launched this program on St Thomas.

Virgin Islands Still Recovering From 2017 Hurricanes As New Season Begins

Jun 02, 2018
Eight months after hurricanes Irma and Maria, an emergency repair program has just started in the Virgin Islands. A program to rebuild thousands of destroyed homes is still months away.
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National
Traffic backed up on Interstate 75 near the Florida/Georgia state line as people fled Hurricane Irma on Sept. 8, 2017, in Jennings, Fla.

Lessons From Hurricane Irma: When To Evacuate And When To Shelter In Place

Jun 01, 2018
As the 2018 hurricane season begins, experts and emergency managers have been studying last year's evacuations before Hurricane Irma. Nearly 7 million people left Florida to escape the hurricane.
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National
Larry Dimas walks around his destroyed trailer in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Fla., on Sept. 11, 2017. The World Meteorological Organization will no longer use Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate to name hurricanes.

Harvey, Irma, Maria And Nate Are Finished As Hurricane Names

Apr 12, 2018
The World Meteorological Organization is retiring the names because the storms were so "deadly or costly" that using the names in the future would be inappropriate.
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The Salt
In December, Puerto Rican chef Gabriel Hernandez celebrated the return of locally grown radishes. Most of the growers that supplied his restaurant saw their crops destroyed during Hurricane Maria.

Two Puerto Rican Chefs Weathered The Worst; Now Honored By The Best

Mar 13, 2018
After hurricanes Irma and Maria, these chefs defied the destruction, kept their restaurants open and fed hungry victims. Will they be finalists for the culinary world's prestigious James Beard Awards?
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National
Andrew Klutz with the islands' economic development authority says one upside is that resorts can now redesign and upgrade their properties to make them more competitive.

Visitors Slowly Returning To Virgin Islands After Hurricanes' Destruction

Feb 02, 2018
With tourism way down after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Virgin Islands have lost their main economic engine at a time when it's most needed. But recovery is gradually happening.
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National
Tanya Marie-Singh, who heads Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting, hopes through a combination of FEMA funding and contributions, WTJX can build a new facility.

'So Many People Depend On Us': The Virgin Islands Rebuild

Feb 01, 2018
WTJX's radio and television studios in St. Thomas were destroyed by Hurricane Irma. As they rebuild, station officials want enough redundancies in the system to prevent future outages.
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National
Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1 after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI.

Some Of 2017's Biggest National Stories, In Pictures

Dec 28, 2017
As the year draws to a close and the news cycle continues to reset every day, let's pause and revisit some of the most important news events from 2017.
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Here & Now Compass
<strong></strong>Hurricane Irma significantly damaged nearly 90 percent of government buildings and the island's electricity infrastructure. Now 87 percent of the island's power has been restored.

Caribbean Island Of Anguilla Bounces Back After Intense Hurricane Season

Dec 15, 2017
Nineteen-year-old broadcaster Nisha Dupuis says Anguilla has made great significant progress towards a full recovery from Hurricane Irma. Eighty-seven percent of the island's power has been restored.
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Shots - Health News
C-Axis employees came back to work days after Hurricane Maria. The plant has been operating via emergency generators, with no air conditioning available on the factory floor.

Puerto Rico's Medical Manufacturers Worry Federal Tax Plan Could Kill Storm Recovery

Nov 27, 2017
Drug companies and medical device makers in Puerto Rico are still struggling with power and staffing shortages. One device manufacturer says the future of his industry on the island is uncertain.
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The Two-Way
A NASA visualization shows hurricanes in the Atlantic in 2017 through their impact on aerosols in the atmosphere.

WATCH: The Hurricane Season, As Shown By Salt, Smoke And Dust

Nov 15, 2017
A NASA visualization uses computer models to show how recent hurricanes shifted salt from the Atlantic, dust from the Sahara and smoke from fires in Portugal and the Pacific Northwest.
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Here & Now Compass
The Virgin Islands is home to more than 106,000 Americans. More than 33,000 people, which is over a third of the U.S. territory's population, are still awaiting help from FEMA.

2 Months After Maria And Irma, U.S. Virgin Islands Remain In The Dark

Nov 14, 2017
More than 33,000 people have applied for help from FEMA, as the territory struggles to recover from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Nearly 73 percent of residents remain without power two months later.
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The Two-Way

St. John Could Get Electricity Turned Back On, 6 Weeks After Hurricane Irma

Oct 20, 2017
"Portions of St. John are scheduled to be restored by the middle of next week," the power utility says. The U.S. Virgin Islands — home to more than 100,000 Americans — remains under boil-water orders.
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The Two-Way
By the latest estimates from the National Hurricane Center in the U.S., Ophelia is likely to make landfall in Ireland on Monday morning.

Already A Historic Storm, Weakening Ophelia Draws A Bead On British Isles

Oct 15, 2017
Now a post-tropical cyclone, it is expected to bring hurricane-force winds to Ireland on Monday. As a Category 3 on Saturday, Ophelia tracked farther east in the Atlantic than any hurricane on record.
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Shots - Health News
Boyd Coble at the Al-Salam Mosque in North Houston, in late August, waiting out the storm that had forced him to flee his home.

Flee A Cataclysm, Or Cling To A Doomed Home? Why People Stay May Surprise You

Sep 30, 2017
"You must leave now," thousands of Americans from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Florida, Montana, Texas and beyond were told, as floods, fire and wind threatened their lives. Some said no.
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Goats and Soda

Irma Was Bad News For Iguanas, Good News For Mosquitoes

Sep 30, 2017
Iguanas lost their habitat because of Hurricane Irma. That could mean disease-carrying mosquitoes, which are food for the lizards, could multiply faster.
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The Salt
In Everglades City, Fla., crab fishermen Shane Reamao, left, and Dalton Daffin hurry to repair a commercial fishing dock that was destroyed during Hurricane Irma.

Battered By Irma, Florida Fishermen Pin Their Hopes On Stone Crab Season

Sep 30, 2017
Most years, spiny lobsters are the most lucrative commercial catch in Florida. Hurricane Irma cut this season short. Some fishermen are hoping a strong stone crab season will keep the industry afloat.
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Goats and Soda
Clockwise from top left: Flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas. A victim of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Rescuers search for survivors after the earthquake in Mexico. Monsoon flooding in India.

What The Pileup Of U.S. Disasters Means For The World

Sep 29, 2017
Fundraising shortfalls. Staff operating at full tilt. How this epic season of hurricanes in the U.S. is complicating the response to global crises.

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