Reports on the federal assistance given by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to Puerto Rico. Assessment of the damages caused by the storm Jeanne; Management of the federal aid; Declaration of the island as a disaster zone by President George W. Bush.EBSCO_bspCaribbean Business...
FEMA; Puerto Rico; Florida All Latest FEMA; Puerto Rico; Florida News Senate Schumer blasts Trump officials: Diverting FEMA money to border ‘backwards and cruel’ by Jordain Carney 08/27/19 7:34 PM ET Administration San Juan mayor rips FEMA for ending Puerto Rico aid by Morgan Gst...
Follow the latest Puerto Rico news stories and headlines. Get breaking news alerts when you download the ABC News App and subscribe to Puerto Rico notifications.
Thanks for your concern. As I am in Florida, but my family and friends are in Puerto Rico, I has been using social media to know about everyone whereabouts. Most of them, including my 3 boys are ok (Thanks to God!). However, others are MIA, not knowing anything at all. Just prayin...
On Wednesday, the Puerto Rican government placed much of the blame for the abandoned bottles on FEMA. A statement from the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration on Wednesday outlined what they saw as FEMA's missteps in handling the water bottles. They said FEMA should have distribute...
"The people of Puerto Rico are so resilient … they are not waiting on agencies to come and give them a hand," she said. "They take matters into their own hands. Neighbors help neighbors." President Biden has signed an emergency declaration for Puerto Rico, which will allow FEMA to help...
Over the past several weeks, hundreds of small earthquakes have occurred in the same region, the USGS said. Puerto Rico, with a population of 3.4 million, is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately 1,600 kilometers southeast of Mia...
FEMA officials were still assessing the extent of the damage in Puerto Rico, saying it is too early to estimate the financial impact of the storm. Locals clear mud brought by Hurricane Fiona in the Los Sotos neighborhood of Higuey, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022...
Alcorn T. Puerto Rico’s health system after Hurricane Maria. Lancet. 2017;390(10103):e24. Article PubMed Google Scholar 2017 Hurricane Season FEMA After-Action Report. Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2018;1-65. Available from: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/fema_hurr...
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. That means that FEMA and other agencies can remove debris and give other services that will largely be paid for by the U.S. government. "Watching Hurricane closely," Mr. Trump said on Twitter Wednesday morning. "My team, which has done, and is doing, ...