Sen. Marco Rubio One-on-One in Face the Nation on Puerto Rico Crisis
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Marco Rubio: Response to Hurricane Maria slowed because Puerto Rico distribution infrastructure destroyed
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said the federal government’s response to the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria was slow because the typical method of responding to natural disasters was itself a casualty of the storm. “They responded to … Read More
U.S. braces for potentially large numbers of evacuees from Puerto Rico
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It has been a trying week for Satellite Beach resident Erika Rodriguez as she’s continued to reach out to Puerto Rico, hoping to hear from family members struggling in the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Maria. With much of the island … Read More
Puerto Rico governor: Power could be out for months
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(CNN) Puerto Rico’s energy grid took such a severe blow from deadly Hurricane Maria that restoring power to everyone may take months, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN on Wednesday night. The entire system is down, the governor said. No one … Read More
Category 5 Hurricane Maria closes in on Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
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(CNN) Hurricane Maria’s destructive tear across the Caribbean is well underway, with the Category 5 storm obliterating parts of Dominica, killing at least one person in Guadeloupe and threatening “catastrophic” damage to Puerto Rico within 24 hours. Maria strengthened once … Read More
Hurricane Maria grows to Category-3 major hurricane, ‘promises to be catastrophic’
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After being hit by Hurricane Irma, U.S. Virgin Island residents in St. John are now trying to leave the island before Hurricane Maria strikes the area. USA TODAY Warnings and watches lit up across the Caribbean on Monday as Hurricane … Read More