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ST JOHN ISLAND, United States (AFP) – Hurricane Maria closed in on the US Virgin Islands late Tuesday as the US National Hurricane Center warned of a “potentially catastrophic” impact from a storm that has already killed at least two people in the Caribbean. Winds packing 160 miles (255 kilometers) an hour were already lashing the US islands as Maria barreled westwards, forecast to make landfall Wednesday before heading to Puerto Rico. “Preparations against life-threatening storm surge […]
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (Reuters) — A company in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, is preparing to launch an electric motorized surfboard which can rise up above water and reach top speeds of 25 miles per hour. Nick Leason, the co-founder of the company Lift Foils which creates the boards named eFoil, told Reuters he envisages their use to be on inland waterways where there are no waves to surf. The 13.6-kilogram (30 pounds) boards run on batteries […]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services on Friday declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico because of the widespread transmission of the Zika virus, which poses a “significant threat” to public health. The statement came at the request of Alejandro García Padilla, governor of the U.S. commonwealth, where the Zika virus is spreading rapidly, threatening hundreds of pregnant women and their unborn babies and women of childbearing age. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Rating firm Standard & Poor’s said it was prepared to cut Puerto Rico’s credit rating to default as it expects the US territory will fail to make a crucial payment Friday. Puerto Rico already has missed several payment deadlines. The Caribbean island was expected to default on some $2 billion in debt payments due Friday, despite a rescue plan signed into law Thursday by President Barack Obama. “Puerto Rico, in […]
(REUTERS) Zika infections in Puerto Rico appear to be increasing rapidly, top U.S. health officials said on Friday, raising concerns for dozens if not hundreds of cases of microcephaly. Puerto Rican health officials on Friday reported that 1,726 people in the U.S. commonwealth have been infected with Zika, including a total of 191 pregnant women. That is up from a total of 1,501 total infections and 182 infections in pregnant women a week ago. […]
