Tag: hurricane maria

The Associated Press » The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster. Brock Long said his agency aims to make the island’s roads, homes, […]
CNN » A million Americans have no running water. Three million still don’t have power.  This is life in Puerto Rico one month after Hurricane Maria.
Reuters » Six days after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, officials were still taking stock of what is expected to be a months-long effort to rebuild the island’s power system, keeping much of its 3.4 million people in darkness for an extended period
Engineering News-Record » Following the devastating hurricanes that hit two of the Gulf Coast region’s most-developed regions, policymakers and their construction industry experts are weighing the longer-term implications of the damage in Houston – and whether resiliency can be built quickly into coastal redevelopment.