Hurricane Maria Archives

College students discuss hopes, concerns after Puerto Rico mission

Feb 17, 2019

Students use their vacation time to do service projects in Puerto Rico which is still recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2017.

By Jacob Comello

Virgin Islands diocese still recovering from 2017 double hurricanes

Sep 18, 2018

A combination of heavy bureaucracy, sometimes sluggish supply chains and a shortage of contractors have slowed recovery efforts after Hurricanes Irma and Maria smashed through the Virgin Islands one year ago.

By Laura Ann Phillips

Another study puts Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria deaths in the thousands

Sep 1, 2018

Puerto Rico has now revised the official death toll from Hurricane Maria.

By Rhina Guidos

Puerto Rico getting back on feet ‘step by step,’ but long road remains

Aug 27, 2018

Nearly a year ago, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as a category 4 storm, and afterward 11-year-old Marco Lebron’s first thought was about the monks who teach at his school, Benedictine-run San Antonio Abad School and Abbey in Humacao.

By Julie Asher

Maryland parish helps Puerto Ricans still rebuilding from hurricane

Aug 4, 2018

St. Francis Builds, a program based in St. Camillus Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland continues to help Puerto Rico which is still suffering from last summer’s hurricanes.

By Wallice J. de la Vega

Study: Puerto Rico’s disaster death tally may have been much higher

Jun 1, 2018

The official tally of 64 deaths on the island of Puerto Rico attributed to 2017’s powerful Hurricane Maria has been disputed for some time, but in late May, a study in a respected scientific journal said that figure may have underestimated the island’s fatalities by the thousands.

By Rhina Guidos