Sentences with phrase «after hurricane»

The Army Corps of Engineers is ending its work to rebuild Puerto Rico's electric grid despite fears the island's government won't be able to restore power on its own to more than 16,000 people who remain blacked out eight months after Hurricane Maria.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, said Thursday that the island remains in desperate need of help eight months after Hurricane Maria and isn't ready for...

He even once declining to go to Washington to lobby for disaster relief funds after Hurricane Sandy.

After Hurricane Maria rampaged across Puerto Rico on September 20, leaving an unimaginable trail of destruction, HTC, Local 6 and UNITE HERE joined in a relief effort to assist members of the hotel union there, Local 610.

The president visited Texas after Hurricane Harvey and Florida after Hurricane Irma.

Puerto Rico police said Wednesday officers have arrested 36 people so far for looting and stealing as millions of the island's residents continue to struggle with shortages in food, water, and gasoline after Hurricane Maria.

Gas prices are on the rise after Hurricane Harvey, as refineries in the Houston area remain offline while the recovery continues.

Two weeks after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, less than six percent of citizens on the island have electricity, according to the Department of Defense.

The tweets coming from a president ensconced in his New Jersey golf club sought to defend Washington's efforts to mobilize and coordinate recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck.

Maria hit Puerto Rico about two weeks after Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean and the United States.

Hundreds of thousands of our friends and relatives in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma hit the island last September, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.

The U.S. federal agency tasked with restoring electricity to Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria hit the Caribbean last year, is leaving the island though thousands still have no power heading into the next hurricane season starting next month.

They moved to Rochester after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

Amphenol Aerospace, one of the largest remaining manufacturing employers in the Southern Tier, was exploring options for moving to other states after Hurricane Irene severely damaged its plant in Sidney, Delaware County, in September 2011.

The lack of drivers and diesel fuel, which hampered distribution efforts in the initial days after Hurricane Maria, has also been alleviated, said Alex de la Campa, FEMA director of the Caribbean.

The Jones Act, which allows only US - flagged ships between US ports, was lifted after Hurricane Harvey and Irma struck Texas and Florida, helping the states receive needed supplies.

SAN JUAN — More than a week after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico and caused unprecedented destruction, Puerto Ricans who were in other parts of the US for the storm and unable to get home are beginning to trickle back in.

The island, he added, will likely need billions more than the $ 15 billion federal relief package Congress approved after Hurricane Harvey.

In Houston, Carranza was widely praised for leading the successful effort to reopen schools two weeks after Hurricane Harvey.

At noon, five months to the day after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Make the Road New York will hold a rally calling on FEMA and Congress to deliver the aid and resources thousands of Puerto Ricans desperately need to recover, FEMA Offices, 285 Fulton St., Manhattan.

McCray also announced she's heading to Puerto Rico as the city dispatches a team of 12 mental health professionals to assist people suffering after Hurricane Maria.

Cuomo continued to call on Congress to fund a $ 94.4 billion disaster relief package for Puerto Rico at a rally in the Bronx on Saturday, more than four months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island territory.

Five years after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Rockaways in Queens, the population has recovered and the local economy has hit record levels, according to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

In that case, how come that huge amount of military personal and powerful equipment isn't used for the sake of public benefit like disaster control (helping clean up after the hurricane etc.) or maintaining public order, considering that almost all military personel have VASTLY better training compared to the average policeman.

They were used to survey the Fukushima nuclear power station site and to search for survivors after Hurricane Katrina.

After Hurricane Isaac took Day One of the Republican National Convention off script, the schedule is back on today, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie due to give the keynote speech this evening.

I've had the privilege of working with three of the four equipment grant winners, as well as with schools that we donated equipment to after Hurricane Katrina.

The unofficial start of summer is here and after Hurricane Sandy and the Nemo Blizzard we are SO READY for sunny skies and fun outside especially since Sesame Place is now open daily!

Rooms To Go's stores across Puerto Rico are gradually reopening two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

«After Hurricane Katrina, the mission sent cloth diapers for use by infants of displayed people along the Gulf Coast.»

She's been through it all, all while hoping for her rainbow baby (baby born after loss) while living through added hell in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, making resources, support and basic necessities scarce.

They did say they were working on bringing in sand after hurricane season.

To be at Wrigley in the summer of 2005 listening to Buffett and the Coral Reefers cover Steve Goodman's City of New Orleans just days after Hurricane Katrina came ashore at Tammany Parish is to understand exactly what he is talking about.

Irma could be the first hurricane anywhere close to this magnitude to hit the state head - on since 2005 and the second in three weeks to change the college football calendar, after Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

The Bayou Classic has been played in New Orleans every year since, with one exception: It moved to Houston in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.

The support of MLB players and teams after Hurricane Maria is emblematic of how strong that relationship is.

The first came after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, his first season as LSU's head coach, when the chaos - compatible new guy helped steer an entire school through a natural disaster.

Instead, after Hurricane Irma wiped two games off the Seminoles» September schedule, Blackman was subjected to a baptism by fire, courtesy of Bradley Chubb.

After Hurricane Katrina Dooky's did close for two years to rebuild, but with assistance of many, Dooky Chase's remains the premier restaurant for authentic Creole Cuisine

Walker and Yamaguchi bought the lot where N7 stands now after Hurricane Katrina.

When she returned to the hotel after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and during a time that everyone on staff had to develop new skills, she cross-trained to join the Accounts Payable team, a role she takes seriously.

After Hurricane Katrina flooded the city, the school he attended closed so Duy decided to pursue a career in hospitality full - time.

Beam Suntory restarts Cruzan rum production after Hurricane Maria Beam Suntory has resumed production at its Cruzan rum distillery in the US Virgin Islands.

The other day I saw a slideshow of photographs taken after the hurricane and one showed a couple of guys grilling a ring of kielbasa (or something) over a small grill set up on an apartment building balcony.

The other day I saw a slideshow of photographs taken after the hurricane and one showed a couple of guys grilling a ring of kielbasa (or something) over a small grill set up on an...

After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and the local workforce in 2005, Oanh's strong work ethic was called upon at a time when the hotel needed her most.

Helen fondly remembers the time not long after Hurricane Katrina when visitors were just beginning to return to New Orleans.

After hurricane Katrina flooded the city, the school he attended closed so Duy decided to pursue a career in hospitality full - time.

In 2017 we sent our Rick Browne to Houston for a week to cover OBR at work after Hurricane Harvey.

This is not to bash former Pres. Bush, but only now do I really understand why there was such a public outcry and the feeling he didn't care when he delayed saying anything for days after hurricane Katrina.