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Hurricane Maria

December 2023

  • A middle-aged black man wearing a mask stands knee-deep in the sea as someone rows out to fishing boats in the distance

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    In the eye of the climate storm: hurricane-hit Dominica bets on a resilient eco-future

    Vulnerable to ever-more powerful storms, the Caribbean’s ‘nature island’ is future-proofing infrastructure and tourism to mitigate the economic and environmental impacts of extreme weather

November 2022

  • Gamaliel Rodríguez, Collapsed Soul, 2020–21. Ink and acrylic on canvas, 84 × 112 in. (213.3 × 284.5 cm). © 2021 Gamaliel Rodríguez.

    ‘There were people trying to thrive’: how Puerto Rican artists dealt with Hurricane Maria

    In a new exhibition, artists process difficult feelings of grief and trauma after the devastation of the 2017 storm

October 2022

  • A man walks through a closed commercial area in San Juan, Puerto Rico

    ‘We would go back’: will Hurricane Fiona worsen Puerto Rico’s population drain?

    Hurricane Maria, earthquakes and federal neglect were already driving the US territory’s youth and talent to the mainland

September 2022

  • Homes are flooded on Salinas Beach after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico.

    ‘We have not recovered’: Puerto Rico’s water supply remains vulnerable to hurricane fury

    Five years after Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Fiona has again left thousands of people without drinking water, exposing the system’s inefficiencies

February 2022

  • Rhesus macaques

    Signs of premature ageing found in monkeys after hurricane

    Rhesus macaques in Puerto Rico appear to have aged by about two years more than expected

April 2021

  • FILE PHOTO: Buildings damaged by Hurricane Maria are seen in Lares, Puerto Rico<br>FILE PHOTO: Hurricane Maria, 2017: Maria would result in the worst natural disaster in the history of Puerto Rico, causing an estimated $90 billion in damage to the already economically struggling U.S. territory. Months after the storm, a research team led by Harvard University estimated the death toll at 4,645, not the 64 pegged by the island’s government. The researchers estimate one-third perished because of delayed or interrupted medical care. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

    Trump delayed $20bn in aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, report finds

    Funding was ‘unnecessarily delayed’ by bureaucratic obstacles, after hurricane killed thousands of people in 2017

October 2020

  • Michael Lees in Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

    After a category 5 hurricane, nature saved me. It has the power to save us all

    Michael Lees
    Maria devastated Dominica. But the islanders’ connection to the natural world gave them a resilience the west can’t match, says filmmaker Michael Lees

May 2020

  • The aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, in September 2017. Fema, which was criticized for its faltering response, has been trying to juggle hurricane preparedness and the coronavirus.

    Unusually active hurricane season could threaten US effort to fight Covid-19

    Experts say 13 to 24 named storms likely in summer season, which begins 1 June, with angst at the prospect of a severe hurricane making landfall

March 2020

  • Puerto Rican Voters In Florida<br>Outside La Placita, a restaurant by chef José Mendín that takes a modern approach to Puerto Rican food. The restaurant was opened in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and it’s building is decorated by the Puerto Rican flag, which has become an iconic sight among the Miami skyline.

    'Remember us': could Trump lose Florida because of hurricane refugees?

    Many Puerto Ricans fleeing to Florida felt sidelined by Trump after the federal government’s insufficient response to Hurricane Maria

August 2019

  • David Wallace Wells and students at the Congress

    Hurricane Maria's legacy: how the rise of nationalism creates climate victims

    Speaking in Puerto Rico near the storm’s anniversary, David Wallace-Wells warns the the devastation could be routinely replicated – but youth activism offers hope

July 2019

  • Thousands marched in Puerto Rico for a fifth day on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello

    Puerto Rico police clash with protesters in wake of governor's sexist texts

    Teargas and rubber bullets used to disperse demonstration urging Ricardo Rosselló to quit

May 2019

  • After Maria

    After Maria: the Netflix documentary looking at life after a hurricane

  • Frame from After Maria, a graphic novella

    The illustrated city
    'We stood in shock': what happens to a city after a disaster? A cartoon

April 2019

  • *** BESTPIX *** Puerto Rico Marks Holiday Season Amidst Slow Hurricane Recovery<br>SAN ISIDRO, PUERTO RICO - DECEMBER 23: Mother Isamar holds her baby Saniel, 9 months, at their makeshift home, under reconstruction, after being mostly destroyed by Hurricane Maria, on December 23, 2017 in San Isidro, Puerto Rico. Their neighborhood remains without electricity. Barely three months after Hurricane Maria made landfall, approximately one-third of the devastated island is still without electricity. While the official death toll from the massive storm remains at 64, The New York Times recently reported the actual toll for the storm and its aftermath likely stands at more than 1,000. A recount was ordered by the governor as the holiday season approached. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

    Hurricane Maria's lasting impact on Puerto Rico's children revealed in report

    More than half the youth had a friend or family member leave the island, a study on the storm’s impact on mental health found

January 2019

  • People eat at the Placita de Guisin in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.

    Hamilton in Puerto Rico: a joyful homecoming ... but it's complicated

    Musical is dividing residents on island where creator Lin-Manuel Miranda spent childhood summers

October 2018

  • Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle as a category 4 storm causing massive damage. Mexico Beach was devastated by the storm.

    From Harvey to Michael: how America's year of major hurricanes unfolded

  • Hurricane map

    Is climate change making hurricanes worse?

September 2018

  • Seth Meyers

    Seth Meyers on Trump's Puerto Rico tweet: 'That's the official death toll, you lunatic'

    Late night hosts criticised the president’s behaviour on Twitter after he alleged that 3,000 people didn’t die as a result of Hurricane Maria
  • Death toll in wake of Hurricane Maria increased to nearly 3,000 people<br>epa06980230 (FILE) - A woman walks in a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, 21 September 2017 (reissued 29 August 2018). According to media reports on 29 August 2018, officials in Puerto Rico have revised the official death toll from Hurricane Maria, increasing estimates to 2,975 people, an increase of nearly 50 times the previous estimate of 64 people. EPA/Thais Llorca

    Trump falsely claims Hurricane Maria death toll was made up by Democrats

    Despite evidence showing nearly 3,000 people were killed, US president tweets that figure is scheme ‘to make me look bad’

  • 'He doesn't get it': San Juan mayor criticises Trump's Hurricane Maria comments – video

    The mayor of San Juan in Puerto Rico criticises Donald Trump's comments in which he labelled his administrations response to Hurricane Maria as an 'unsung success' 

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