Flora and fauna, the other victims of Hurricane Maria

Submitted on 4 October 2017 - 1:04am

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It has been several days since the Hurricane María hit the island. Now the authorities are dedicated to restore services and help gradually begins to arrive. Nevertheless the effects to the flora and the fauna will be the most difficult to restore, since the damages were quite considerable.

Tania Vazquez, Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources pointed out that the scourge of Hurricane Maria affected the coasts, forests and mangroves of Puerto Rico, especially in Piñones (Loíza).

Recommendations to separate and avoid the accumulation of garbage

Submitted on 4 October 2017 - 12:57am

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The Solid Waste Authority issued a series of recommendations to avoid the garbage accumulation that arises after the impact of a hurricane like Maria, where garbage collection is paralyzed for days or weeks.

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María, el cambio climático y la salud (infográfico)

Submitted by Isatis Marie Cintron on 30 September 2017 - 3:28pm

María, el cambio climático y el bienestar humano

El paso de María e Irma por Puerto Rico ha dejado grabado imágenes de destrucción por parte de los huracanes e inundaciones asociadas al cambio climático en las mentes puertorriqueñas. La sucesión de estos ciclones intensos que han arrasado a través del Caribe en las semanas pasadas, han levantado el debate sobre su relación con el cambio climático, dado que mayores temperaturas se esperan alimenten huracanes más fuertes. El evento fue descrito como un "tornado de 50 a 60 millas de ancho atravezando Puerto Rico" por el meteorólogo Jeff Weber de NCAR.