#Hurricane Maria

Author: Kathiann Kowalski / Source: Science News for Students More than three million people in Puerto Rico lost electricity in September 2017. Back-to-back hurricanes had just slammed into the island. Floods from Maria, the more powerful of them, knocked out many power plants. Winds and

Source: Sunny Skyz José Andrés and his organization World Central Kitchen helped serve over 3.6 million meals in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Now, the renowned chef has set up shop in North Carolina to feed people hit hard by Hurricane Florence. Andrés and his team arrived in North

Author: Aimee Cunningham / Source: Science News The Puerto Rican government has officially updated its tally of lives lost to Hurricane Maria to an estimated 2,975. That number, reported August 28 in a government-commissioned study by George Washington University in Washington D.C., dwarfs the

Author: Aimee Cunningham / Source: Science News The question of how many died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria has yet another answer. Using vital statistics records from hard-hit Puerto Rico, researchers estimate that 1,139 more people died than expected from September 20, 2017 — the day the

Author: Jane Palmer / Source: Positive News The rest of the world can learn from Puerto Rican communities rallying together to recover from a natural disaster fuelled by climate change Christmas is a big deal in Puerto Rico – celebrations traditionally run from November to February – but