Lt. Col. Sean Boughal, of the 106th Rescue Wing, based in the Hamptons, spoke about his team's mission to perform rescue operations in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. NewsdayTV's Ken ...

Blackouts have been commonplace in Puerto Rico ever since Hurricane Maria destroyed the power grid in 2017. In Puerto Rico, mudslides and cows wading through neck-high floodwater.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory without power as it ...

Hurricane Fiona made landfall Sunday in southwestern Puerto Rico, shortly after the entire island lost power as it got battered nearly five years to the day after blockbuster Hurricane Maria ...

Puerto Rico's fragile power grid makes matters worse. It was not long ago when the island's power grid was devastated by Hurricane Maria — a category 4 storm that caused about 3,000 deaths in 2017.

Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria -- nearly seven years after the powerful Category 4 storm caused extensive damage to the island's already delicate infrastructure.. September ...

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017. The roaring winds of the high-end Category 4 hurricane decimated the island’s fragile and very deteriorated electric system, ...

A bridge over the Guaonica River in Utuado, Puerto Rico, was washed away on Sept. 18 after Hurricane Fiona brought more than 2 feet of rain to the island. (Video: The Washington Post) ...

But when Hurricane Maria hit, they lost water and, like the rest of Puerto Rico, power. Now, in their neighborhood of Las Palmeras in San Juan, whole blocks had been turned into islands.

Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico six months ago, and it is still recovering. By Joshua Hoyos. March 18, 2018, 9:35 AM. 1:46. An aerial view shows the flooded neighborhood of Juana Matos in the ...