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Economics of Disaster

Some Puerto Ricans refuse to leave their island, despite lack of power

by Daisy Palacios
Dec 1, 2017
"That was horrible. It’s an experience that I don't ever want to live through again."
Glorimar Rivera outside her home in Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
Joanne Griffith/Marketplace
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Economics of Disaster

Meet the man bringing power back to Puerto Rico

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 1, 2017
"It just is one of the most challenging missions that we've really faced."
Col. John Lloyd, who leads the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission to restore power to Puerto Rico, stands in front of the strategy map highlighting key transmission lines. "It just is one of the most challenging missions that we've really faced,” he told us.
Joanne Griffith/Marketplace
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Economics of Disaster

Puerto Rico's post storm economy, in context

by Eliza Mills
Dec 1, 2017
Economist Vicente Feliciano on the past, present and future of the island's economy.
Stores struggle to stay open without power in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Joanne Griffith/Marketplace
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Economics of Disaster

Will Puerto Rico's dairy industry survive after Hurricane Maria?

by Daisy Palacios
Dec 1, 2017
"If supermarkets don't have power, they won't buy your milk."
An empty field that was once full of cattle in Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
Joanne Griffith/Marketplace
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Economics of Disaster

Puerto Rico's solar industry wins big after hurricane

by Lizzie O'Leary
Nov 30, 2017
Why people are banking on solar for the future of Puerto Rico.
Solar panels cover a rooftop in Puerto Rico's San Juan. The island's solar industry is witnessing a boom post Hurricane Maria.
Joanne Griffith/Marketplace
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The challenges of restoring power to Puerto Rico

by Lizzie O'Leary
Nov 29, 2017
"When will we have power?" Why there isn't a straight answer.
Downed power lines stretch along a street in Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Parts of the island are still without power.
Joanne Griffith/Marketplace
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Puerto Ricans arrive in Florida to find affordable housing is scarce

by Renata Sago
Nov 28, 2017
More than 170,000 people have evacuated Puerto Rico for Florida and their immediate need, affordable housing, is hard to come by.
Jonathan Gonzalez waits with his children outside the Hurricane Maria Relief Center in Orlando, Florida.
Renata Sago/Marketplace
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White House requests $44 billion in disaster aid from Congress. Now the negotiations begin

by Mitchell Hartman
Nov 20, 2017
Texas, Florida, and especially Puerto Rico say they need tens of billions of more in funding to help recovery efforts. But how do economic cost estimates from a disaster get turned into legislation?
U.S. Army soldiers pass out food, provided by FEMA, to residents in a neighborhood without grid electricity or running water on October 17, 2017 in San Isidro, Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico still has no power

by Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 16, 2017
Marketplace Weekend's Lizzie O'Leary gives us the view from the ground in San Juan.
A power line tower downed by the passing of Hurricane Maria lies on top of a house in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 7, 2017.
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Puerto Ricans fleeing Maria seek a New York foothold

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 6, 2017
Many find shelter with family or friends, but have little but the clothes on their backs.
People wait in line to get a flight out of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport as they try to return home or escape the conditions after Hurricane Maria on September 26, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
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