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Puerto Rico admits hurricane death toll 20 times higher than it first reported

On Puerto Rico deaths from HurricaneMaria, @PressSec says administration had the largest @fema response in history.

"We're going to give as much assistance as possible" to Puerto Rico, says @PressSec to reporters on Air Force One.

At least 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, Harvard study estimates, exceeding official toll of 64.

Puerto Rico's power company to immediately adopt U.S. national standard to design and rebuild the island's power grid following Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico decreed nine days of mourning after the death of the nine crew members of the WC-130 plane of the National Guard of Puerto Rico.

All customers who lost power in yesterday's island-wide outage on Puerto Rico have electricity, power authority says.

New austerity measures coming for Puerto Rico as a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory's finances is set to meet

Black out in Puerto Rico. The entire island is without power. There is "ZERO power generation at this point", according to a 2nd @AEEONLINE spokesman A fault was detected on the line 50700 which starts in Aguirre Central It may take 24 to 36 hours to restore

Puerto Rico will receive $18.5 billion from HUD to help rebuild its battered housing stock and infrastructure after Hurricane Maria, the island's governor and HUD officials say.

In Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, students at Baldwin School spoke out on gun violence

U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin says ready to lend to Puerto Rico

Governor Ricardo Rossello puts kilowatt price per hour below 20 cents as the goal of Electric Power.

Huge waves slam into Puerto Rico, force evacuations

Puerto Rico disaster declaration extended by @POTUS.

A blackout hits northern Puerto Rico after an explosion sets off a big fire at a main power substation

Video of the fire at the Monacillos power plant in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Chuck Schumer: Working with @NydiaVelazquez and @RepJoseSerrano, our budget deal locked in over $89 Billion for recovery, repairs, and future mitigation to help infrastructure, schools and economic revitalization in communities impacted by disasters, including PuertoRico and the USVI

8-year-old Jayden Perez completed his mission to deliver over 1,000 toys he collected to the children of Puerto Rico—and made a video to thank all those who gave. "I'm sorry if I didn't get to all the people in Puerto Rico. I tried my best."

Puerto Rico fears post-Maria murder surge after 32 killed in 11 days

Employee of the ESA falls from a helicopter in Naguabo.

Several flights at the Luis Muñoz Marín airport are canceled due to a winter storm in the United States.

Puerto Rico police call in sick to protest millions of dollars in unpaid overtime; Authorities says slow federal reimbursement part of the problem.

As of Dec 19 (90 days after Hurricane Maria landfall): 65.4% power generation in Puerto Rico; 7.3% are without running water

House to unveil massive $81 billion disaster aid package

Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló orders "a thorough review and inspection of all deaths that have taken place since Hurricane Maria hit": "This review will ensure we are correctly counting everybody."

President Trump: Puerto Rico is "doing wellit's healing, and it's getting better. We're getting them power, and all of the things they have to have."

"They're doing well there. It's healing. They're getting better," @POTUS says of Puerto Rico recovery.

FEMA awarded $30 million in contracts for Puerto Rico storm victims to an unproven Florida company that failed to supply the aid, according to the AP.

US awarded $30M in contracts for Puerto Rico storm victims to unproven Florida company that failed to supply aid