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Puerto Rico has seen a string of natural disasters in the past few years – hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and landslides. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, things got even worse. These disasters have ...
Tropical Storm Fiona headed for Puerto Rico on Saturday ... on Sunday with extremely heavy rains with the potential to cause landslides, severe flooding and power outages. The storm already ...
Research presented in the session will include investigations of landslide hazards in Puerto Rico, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, West Virginia, and southern and central Appalachia.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Puerto Rico’s governor has declared a state of emergency following heavy rains, widespread flooding and landslides in the U.S. territory.
Hurricane Fiona's sweep across Puerto Rico brought heavy rains, flooding and landslides, knocking out power to the entire island that still is rebuilding its electric grid after the devastation of ...
The storm pummeled cities and towns along Puerto Rico’s southern coast that have not yet fully recovered from a string of strong earthquakes starting in late 2019. More than 1,000 people with ...
Election Day brought a landslide in Puerto Rico too. Governor Luis Munoz Marin, running for reelection, swept every town in the island, piled up a total of 428,171 votes. He got 65% of the total ...
Landslides are often deadly and can cause ... 43% of the contiguous U.S., Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico is considered “susceptible terrain” under the new calculations, but not all locations ...
Students in Puerto Rico have experienced a series of natural disasters in recent years, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and landslides, followed by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, that has ...