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A home is submerged in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. According to authorities three people were inside the home and were reported to have been rescued. (AP Photo/Stephanie Rojas)

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Hurricane Fiona rips through powerless Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press
Sat,09/17/22-11:02PM , 76 Reads
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico's southwest coast on Sunday as it unleashed landslides, knocked the power grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads and flung the pieces around.
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Lakes Beach is covered in sargassum in St. Andrew along the east coast of Barbados, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. More than 24 million tons of sargassum blanketed the Atlantic in June, up from 18.8 million tons in May, according to a monthly report published by the University of South Florida’s Optical Oceanography Lab that noted “a new historical record.” (AP Photo/Kofi Jones)

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Record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean
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Wed,08/03/22-8:06AM , 122 Reads
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.
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This photo released by the Seventh U.S. Coast Guard District shows people standing on a capsized boat, left, as some of its passengers are pulled up on to a rescue boat, top, in the open waters northwest of Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Some people have been rescued while others were found dead after the boat carrying suspected migrants capsized. The boat was first spotted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Seventh U.S. Coast Guard District via AP)

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Fatal boat trip highlights Haitians fleeing violence
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Fri,05/13/22-8:18AM , 104 Reads
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they board rickety wooden boats painted sky blue to blend with the ocean to try to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.
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Properties are being built at the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Puerto Rico's Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into destruction in the ecological reserve that protects one of the island's most extensive mangrove forests. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

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Builders hurt protected areas in climate-weary Puerto Rico
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Fri,05/06/22-6:30AM , 138 Reads
SALINAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jacqueline Vázquez was sitting on the couch when her phone rang.
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