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For the latest news on Ernesto as it moves across the Caribbean, view USA TODAY's story on the storm for Wednesday, Aug. 14. Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened and unloaded heavy rain over the ...
Patrick Smith and Doha Madani. August 14, 2024 at 2:50 PM. Hurricane Ernesto is moving away from Puerto Rico, where schools and offices shut down Wednesday, after the Caribbean island was hit with ...
03:23. More than 700,000 electricity customers in Puerto Rico were without power Wednesday after then-Tropical Storm Ernesto brought heavy rains and high winds that tore down trees on the U.S ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A small and rare tornado swept briefly through a town in northwestern Puerto Rico, damaging homes and causing at least one landslide, officials said Monday.
Effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Between September 19–21, 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the entire island of Puerto Rico and caused a major humanitarian crisis. Originally as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, Maria was the strongest storm to impact the island in nearly 90 years. Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 20 ...
Puerto Rico[ i] ( Spanish for 'rich port'; abbreviated PR ), [ 15] officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, [ b][ j] is a Caribbean island, Commonwealth, and unincorporated territory of the United States.
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A power company in Puerto Rico announced Thursday that it has restored electricity to most areas affected by a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory the ...