Sep 22 Watch 8:26 Hurricane exposes fragility of Puerto Rico's energy grid despite large-scale investments By William Brangham, Cai Pigliucci Days after Hurricane Fiona swept across Puerto Rico, people there are still dealing with intense heat, a water shortage and a difficult history that has left the territory short on power and crucial needs. Yarimar Bonilla, the director of the… Continue watching
Sep 22 WATCH: Pelosi says the devastation in Puerto Rico is 'heartbreaking' By Associated Press U.S. officials including President Joe Biden have pledged to help the island recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona even as Bermuda and Canada's Atlantic provinces were preparing for a major blast from the Category 4 storm. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: President Biden vows U.S. won't walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico By Dánica Coto, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona. Continue reading
Sep 22 Hundreds isolated in Puerto Rico in areas cut off by Hurricane Fiona By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Hurricane Fiona left hundreds of people stranded across Puerto Rico after smashing roads and bridges, with authorities still struggling to reach them four days after the storm smacked the U.S. territory, causing historic flooding. Continue reading
Sep 21 MAP: Tracking the path of Hurricane Fiona By Associated Press, Dánica Coto, Associated Press Officials are fanning out across Puerto Rico to gauge the damage inflicted by Hurricane Fiona. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 4:01 News Wrap: House votes on reform to electoral vote count, malaria outbreaks in Pakistan In our news wrap Wednesday, the House approved a bill to block future attempts at subverting presidential elections and close loopholes in the law, medical workers struggled to contain malaria outbreaks as mosquitoes breed in the wake of flooding in… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 4:18 Puerto Rico begins hurricane recovery with most of island still without power and water By William Brangham, Cai Pigliucci, Sam Lane, Karina Cuevas, Marcos Perez, Eduardo Mariota Hurricane Fiona is expected to hit Bermuda hard as a Category 4 storm. But when it saturated Puerto Rico earlier this week, it did plenty of damage as a Category 1 storm and set back the modest progress made in… Continue watching
Sep 20 WATCH: Democrats hold briefing on sending help to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona By Associated Press Hundreds of people have been rescued in Puerto Rico and the blow from Fiona was made more devastating because Puerto Rico has yet to recover from Hurricane Maria, which destroyed the power grid in 2017. Continue reading
Sep 20 Category 3 Fiona wallops Turks and Caicos, much of Puerto Rico still without electricity By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Hurricane Fiona is blasting the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remain without electricity or running water. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 8:04 Puerto Rico hit with flooding, widespread power outages from Hurricane Fiona By William Brangham, Cai Pigliucci, Karina Cuevas Hurricane Fiona knocked out power and water to up to one million people in Puerto Rico. President Biden issued an emergency declaration for the island making federal aid available for rescue efforts during and after the storm. Dr. Michelle Carlo… Continue watching