Trump: ‘We’ll be talking about gun laws as time goes by’
AP From Newsmax President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the gunman who killed 59 people and wounded hundreds others at a music festival in Las Vegas a “very, very sick individual.” Trump spoke to reporters as he departed for a…
Hurricane Response Update: Medicines distributed throughout Puerto Rico, Caribbean
REPORT from Direct Relief Published on 02 Oct 2017 — The devastating hurricanes that swept through the Caribbean last month called for a significant humanitarian response, and Direct Relief has been working to equip local healthcare providers with key medicines…
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A Homeland Security memo painted a rosy picture of Puerto Rico’s recovery as Trump blasted San Juan’s mayor
By Alex Lockie From Business Insider The US homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, sent a memo around the White House urging staff members to focus on the positive aspects of the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico while President Donald Trump…
Tearful Mayor in Puerto Rico warns people are dying because FEMA ‘Chain of Command’ isn’t giving ‘Marching Orders’
By David Badash From NCRM ‘We Need to Get Our Sh*t Together Because People Are Dying’ President Donald Trump may have thanked her for her kind words about FEMA, but he didn’t hear all of them. San Juan, Puerto Rico…
The ‘Hurricane Graveyard’: why mountainous terrain weakens these powerful storms
By Jamie Kagol From NBC 25 News The Greater Antilles; the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, is referred to as the ‘Hurricane Graveyard’ as their mountainous terrain wreak havoc on the wind field of…
Puerto Rico loses electricity after Hurricane Maria flash flooding – as it happened
By Amanda Holpuch, Damien Gayle, Matthew Weaver, Claire Phipps and Sam Levin From The Guardian UK TIME: Wed Sep 20 18h ago Fema – all energy customers without power 20h ago Puerto Rico loses 100% of its electricity – reports…
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Caribbean Hurricane Relief
From Caribbean Community Foundation The 2017 hurricane season has been one of the most intense on record. In less than a month, islands throughout the Caribbean were hit with three Category 5 and one Category 4 storm that devastated the…
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Members of NYPD, FDNY sent to Caribbean to help with Hurricane Maria recovery
From ABC Eyewitness News NEW YORK (WABC) — New York City is lending a helping hand to the victims of Hurricane Maria. Mayor Bill de Blasio is sending 27 members of the NYPD and FDNY to Puerto Rico and the…
Maria and Jose menace the Caribbean and North Atlantic
From Earth Observatory NASA Less than two weeks after Irma blasted through several Caribbean islands and Florida, another major hurricane is battering the region. Category 5 Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Dominica on the night of September 18 and…
Maria grows to a Cat 3*, nears already battered Caribbean [5PM NHC advisory now Cat 4]
From Newsmax Hurricane Maria grew into a Category 3* [now Cat 4] storm on Monday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters warned it was likely to grow even stronger. The storm…
