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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico on Wednesday launched a new drive to become the 51st US state, with the island’s governor demanding an end to “second-class” treatment of its citizens. Puerto Rico’s more than three million residents are US citizens, with no obstacles to living and working on the mainland. Yet the US commonwealth in the Caribbean has just a non-voting delegation in the US Congress in Washington, and Puerto Rico residents […]
by Leila Macor Agence France Presse FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (AFP) — Until Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Jose Figueroa did brisk business renting kayaks to tourists itching to see a lagoon that lights up by night thanks to millions of microorganisms. Today, things are so dire he’s considering selling water to motorists stopped at red lights. “Now we are trying to survive,” the 46-year-old tour guide said. It used to be that visitors had to […]
by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse Alejandro Araujo whiles away the day doing jigsaw puzzles. At night, he sleeps on a hammock on the patio, machete at his side. Now that some streets have been cleared of branches and rubble Hurricane Maria left behind, middle class residents of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan’s outskirts are afraid, and straining to keep up hope. Ten days ago, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and left the American island of […]
EL SEIBO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) — Hurricane Maria pounded parts of the Dominican Republic with heavy rain on Thursday (September 21), causing severe flooding especially in eastern parts of the country before regaining some of its strength. This was as it moved towards the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas on Thursday night. Maria’s powerful winds knocked out power in most parts in the north of the country, emergency responders said. The intense rain […]
by Hector Retamal and Edgardo Rodriguez Agence France-Presse SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP) – Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on Wednesday and left the entire island without power as 150 mile-an-hour winds whipped the capital and sent thousands scurrying to shelters. After killing at least nine people in the Caribbean, Maria slammed into Puerto Rico’s southeast coast at daybreak before churning across the US territory which is home to 3.4 million people. As tens of […]
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (Reuters) — The French overseas territory of Martinique felt the impact on Tuesday (September 19) from the force of Hurricane Maria, although the island escaped largely unscathed. Flooded streets and scattered debris could be seen in the capital Fort-en-France, with some local businesses showing signs of water damage after the storm’s violent winds and torrential rains. Hurricane Maria caused major damage across the small island of Dominica before pushing on towards the U.S. […]
Pointe-à-Pitre (France) (AFP) –Hurricane Maria strengthens into a “potentially catastrophic” Category Five storm as it barrells into eastern Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma, forcing residents to evacuate in powerful winds and lashing rain.
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia (AFP) — The residents of Dominica have “lost all what money can buy and replace” after Hurricane Maria pounded the tiny Caribbean island, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said early Tuesday. Maria, a monster Category Five storm with winds of 160 miles (257 kilometers) per hour, made landfall on Dominica around 0115 GMT Tuesday. The hurricane was traveling on a path along eastern Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma. “Initial reports are of widespread […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Government Response Team reported to Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano that the remaining 23 Filipino nationals on the British Virgin Islands together with nine (9) and 17 kababayans from Anguilla and Sint Maarten, respectively, arrived safely in San Juan, Puerto Rico today, 18 September 2017. The repatriates from the three islands are housed in one hotel in San Juan, under the purview of the Government’s Response Team. A total of […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Maria rose in power Monday to become an “extremely dangerous” Category Four hurricane as it barreled toward the Caribbean island of Dominica, the US National Hurricane Center said. “The eye and the intense inner core is expected to pass near Dominica in the next few hours,” the Miami-based NHC said in its 2100 GMT bulletin. Maria, coming two weeks after Hurricane Irma cut a path of destruction through the Caribbean, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Maria became a hurricane Sunday as it barreled toward the storm-battered eastern Caribbean with 75 mile (120 kilometers) per hour winds, the US National Hurricane Center said, on a path similar to that of mega storm Irma earlier in the month. Storm warnings and watches went up in many of the Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma’s destructive passage. As of 2100 GMT, Maria was a Category One hurricane, the […]
