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Biden Pledges Extra $AU92 Million to Help Puerto Rico ‘Rebuild It All’
President Joe Biden visited Puerto Rico on Monday to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Fiona last month. During a speech in the city of Ponce, Biden promised an additional $US60 ($AU92) million in funding to help the island “rebuild it all,” on top of billions of dollars already set aside for the island’s recovery…
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Five Years After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans Face the Nightmare All Over Again
Luis Alexis Rodriguez-Cruz moved to Vermont in 2017 for a PhD program. He arrived at his new home less than a month before Hurricane Maria’s fateful landfall over Puerto Rico. He nervously followed updates, wondering how it would affect Juana Diaz, his hometown.
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A Look Back at Hurricane Maria’s Destruction in the Caribbean
Five years ago this month, Hurricane Maria formed in the Atlantic Ocean, creating one of the U.S.’s most devastating humanitarian disasters of the 21st century.
