The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is facing an unthinkable human disaster. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.
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The destruction in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria has received relatively little attention. Are our disasters not important enough?
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It’s been almost a week since Hurricane Maria and the island is so devastated that the mighty U.S. military is struggling to coordinate relief.
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Melo didn't hold back on his feelings about President Donald Trump and urges for help in Puerto Rico
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Marc Anthony implores President Trump to focus on victims of devastated hurricane instead of athletes' political protests
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President’s belated response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria in US territory seems to blame islanders for their own misfortune
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Junot Diaz delivered an impassioned speech about the devastation currently plaguing Puerto Rico at La Fábrica Central in Massachusetts on Sunday.
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Four days after a major hurricane battered Puerto Rico, regions outside of San Juan remained completely disconnected from the rest of the island.
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'I think we need more resources from the Department of Defense."
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Margarita Aponte and her relatives cleared the road in front of her house with two oxen Sunday, then drove an hour from her devastated hometown in central Puerto Rico t…
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President spends entire weekend focused on NFL, with no mention of the critical emergency in Puerto Rico
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On a major expressway in the north of the island, drivers chase after elusive cell service. Some have managed to make calls to the mainland — though not always to relatives elsewhere on the island.
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It's not just the land and people that have been badly affected by hurricanes.
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Frantic evacuation efforts in Puerto Rico remained plagued Saturday by massive communication breakdowns.
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With no power for months, simple sanitation could become a life-threatening issue for island dwellers.
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The city is asking for donations of essential supplies.
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In the span of four weeks, three hurricanes have ravaged the Caribbean and the US Gulf Coast. Here are charities you can donate to and ways to volunteer.
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If you still haven't spoken to a family member in Puerto Rico, here are a few things you could try.
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SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Early aerial images of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria here show waterlogged neighborhoods, roofs peeled off homes and shopping centers, and once-lush landscape denu
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“For information on how to reunite with loved ones or how to help after Hurricane #Maria, check our resource page: https://t.co/NwKCXQh1OX”
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For decades, tourists visiting Puerto Rico had avoided San Juan's La Perla neighborhood, long reputed to be a hotbed of crime and drugs. In recent years, residents of the low-income neighborhood had worked hard to change its image -- and they got a huge boost when Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee chose to film the music video for their hit song "Despacito" there in 2016.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday promised more federal aid to help Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico recover from a string of powerful h...
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“I need your help. I need the help of anybody reading this.”
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A nonprofit that helps manage the telescope said all staff were safe.
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More than 70,000 people who live near the dam are warned they face "a life-threatening situation".
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Even before Maria, the island suffered from frequent power outages and crippling debt. Now organizations must figure out how to deliver relief to a place that may not have electricity for months.
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“Devastation from #HurricaneMaria , the most powerful storm to hit #PuertoRico in almost a century. https://t.co/WdGh93ckdj”
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“Here's a look at federal support to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico following #HurricaneMaria.”
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday said she has not heard from "half her family" in Puerto Rico, where Hurricane Maria struck.
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Massive landfills on Caribbean islands were already poisoning the nearby soil. Hurricanes Maria and Irma likely just made them worse, experts say.
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The Environmental Protection Agency closed down all response operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands due to safety concerns after Hurricane Maria. "EPA has temporarily paused all response operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands due to Hurricane Maria," the agency said Friday night. The agency confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the situation in the Caribbean has become too hazardous for it to effectively operate in the two U.S. territories.
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The island is without power and cell service after Maria's wrath.
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President Donald Trump … does not care … about brown and black people.
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Hurricane Maria brought Puerto Rico to its knees. The United States can lift it up again.
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Impresionantes imágenes aéreas de una zona en Toa Baja tras el paso del huracán María. #Noticentro
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US NAVY ships are on their way to the caribbean - USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), USS Wasp (LHD 1), USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), and SS Wright (T-AVB 3).
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Phone Number to check on family, friends in Puerto Rico: 202-778-0710
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is facing the unprecedented task of rebuilding after Hurricane Maria. The U.S. territory — home to some 3.4 million people — is completely without power, and may n
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The quake hit southern Mexico and was felt in the capital, where seismic alarms sounded.
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New Yorkers can now drop-off items at designated locations in all five boroughs meant to aid Puerto Ricans in their recovery after Hurricane Maria, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.
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A dam in northwestern Puerto Rico suffered structural damage on Friday, the governor said at a news conference, prompting evacuations of areas nearby in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. “Close
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Puerto Rico is an island in crisis. More than two days after Hurricane Maria hit, the power is out, roads are blocked, cell phone towers are down, streets are flooded and now a dam may be failing. Off
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By Dave Graham and Robin Respaut CATANO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Wading through highways swamped by turbid waters that sloshed over scattered, sunken belongings, residents of this Puerto Rican barrio
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Many airlines are looking to bring back flight service soon
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Puerto Ricans are facing the crushing devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria — splintered homes, uprooted trees and floodwaters coursing through streets.
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En toa baja pueblo
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Lamentablemente todo lo material se perdió, pero apareció un ángel que nos rescató, el agua nos llegaba a las rodillas¡
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Utility crews from the U.S. mainland were scrambling to Puerto Rico on Thursday after Hurricane Maria left nearly the entire U.S. territory, and many of its Caribbean neighbors, without power, accordi
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Powerful Category 3 storm heading for Turks and Caicos Islands, then the Bahamas
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Hurricane Maria, the strongest hurricane to have hit the island in decades, is believed to have taken down critical high-voltage power lines. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló says repairs could take months.
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“Puerto Rico is already in an 11-year economic recession. Now it must start rebuilding after Hurricane Maria. https://t.co/3aHuIsMR49”
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All of Puerto Rico remained under a flash flood warning a day after Hurricane Maria brought heavy rains, powerful winds and has shut down the power grid across the entire island of 3.4 million people.
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“Fallen power lines, flooding, debris ... obstacles litter roads in #PuertoRico Rico after Hurricane #Maria ripped through the island. https://t.co/mfHJi5S14L”
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“Hurricane #Maria caused widespread flooding on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico https://t.co/Y9sVB9HLLB https://t.co/tZXWdiDe9C”
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Hurricane Maria has knocked out electricity for the entire island, home to more than 3.5m people.
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Flash flood warnings were expanded to cover the entire island early Thursday, even as a strengthened Maria brought heavy rainfall to the Dominican Republic.
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Hurricane Maria was the worst hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in 85 years.
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The school was among 40 buildings that collapsed during Tuesday's massive earthquake.
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Rescuers scramble to dig survivors out the ruble of dozens of fallen buildings in Mexico.
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Deadly Hurricane Maria regained major hurricane status early Thursday, strengthening to a Category 3 storm, as it left a devastated -- and completely powerless -- Puerto Rico in its wake.
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