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FILE - In this March 10, 2021 file photo, people stand in line outside the Maria Simmons elementary school waiting to be inoculated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of a mass vaccination campaign, in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer

By Dánica Coto May. 02, 2021 09:08 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual event with the Munich Security Conference in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden declares major disaster in Texas as federal aid flows

By Darlene Superville Feb. 20, 2021 01:15 AM EST

Officials count early votes at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum where social distancing is possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic, during general elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. In addition to electing a governor, Puerto Ricans are voting in a nonbinding referendum on statehood. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Tight gubernatorial contest as Puerto Rico counts votes

By Dánica Coto Nov. 03, 2020 12:02 AM EST

Remnants of a city sign lay on the beach damaged by Tropical Storm Laura in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Laura began flinging rain across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Saturday morning and was expected to drench the Dominican Republic, Haiti and parts of Cuba during the day on its westward course. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
5 parties field candidates for Puerto Rico governor

By Dánica Coto Nov. 02, 2020 12:07 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2018 file photo, Jennice Fuentes, right, of Power 4 Puerto Rico, speaks outside the White House in Washington, during a vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is getting much of the money it needs to rebuild its power grid three years after it was wiped out by Hurricane Maria, the island territory's governor and the White House said Friday.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump shifts on Puerto Rico, releases aid as election nears

By Ben Fox Sep. 18, 2020 05:05 PM EDT

Dustin Amos walks near debris at a gas station on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year

By Ben Fox Aug. 27, 2020 05:08 PM EDT

A resident stands on the porch of his home flooded by rains caused by Tropical Storm Laura in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Laura began flinging rain across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Saturday morning and was expected to drench the Dominican Republic, Haiti and parts of Cuba during the day on its westward course. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
2 tropical storms heading for double blow to US Gulf Coast

By Dánica Coto And Seth Borenstein Aug. 22, 2020 08:56 AM EDT

FILES - This combo of two file photos shows Pedro Pierluisi, left and Wanda Vazquez in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At left, Secretary of State Pedro Pierluisi attends his confirmation hearing at the House of Representatives on Aug. 2, 2019, and at right, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez gives an interview at La Fortaleza governor residence on Aug. 16, 2019. Both served as replacement governors in the wake of a Puerto Rican political crisis and are competing against each other for a chance to win the job in their own right as the disaster-struck U.S. territory holds primary elections on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo, Files)
Voters weary as Puerto Rico prepares for historic primaries

By Dánica Coto Aug. 07, 2020 10:34 AM EDT

Isaias causes floods, slides, then grows into hurricane

By Dánica Coto Jul. 30, 2020 05:20 PM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power and caused flooding and small landslides across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on...

Tropical Storm Isaias heads for Hispaniola with heavy rain

By Dánica Coto Jul. 29, 2020 12:00 AM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Heavy rains drenched the eastern Caribbean as a weather system strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaias late Wednesday while it...

Tropical storm warning issued for Puerto Rico, Caribbean

By Dánica Coto Jul. 28, 2020 08:45 PM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters on Tuesday issued a tropical storm warning for Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean, saying a disturbance in...

Corpus Christi Fire Department personnel respond to a call of two sinking boats during Hurricane Hanna, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Annie Rice/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
South Texas drenched by cyclone amid surge in virus cases

By John L. Mone And Nomaan Merchant Jul. 26, 2020 01:16 AM EDT

Two men walk on a flooded road as Hurricane Hanna makes landfall, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning that Hanna's maximum sustained winds had increased and that it was expected to make landfall Saturday afternoon or early evening. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
2020's 1st Atlantic hurricane lashes Texas; floods expected

By Juan A. Lozano And John L. Mone Jul. 25, 2020 10:12 AM EDT

Maria Matilde Parrilla, 92, right, looks up as a municipal worker points a faulty joint in her wood and zinc roof, in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Caribbean islands have rarely been so vulnerable as an unusually active hurricane season this year threatens a region still recovering from recent storms as it fights a worsening drought and a pandemic that has drained budgets and muddled preparations. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
US officials visit Puerto Rico, oversee hurricane prep

Jun. 15, 2020 04:56 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 3, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to supporters cheering from over an outside wall, after visiting a Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) hospital that will be converted to receive COVID-19 patients in the Coyoacan district of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Mexico president kicks off 'new normal' phase amid pandemic

By Dan Christian Rojas And Maria Verza Jun. 01, 2020 11:03 AM EDT

An old military truck used during flooding sits parked at the Carlos Escobar Lopez vocational school which will be used as a shelter during this year's hurricane season in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Caribbean islands have rarely been so vulnerable as an unusually active hurricane season threatens a region still recovering from recent storms as it fights a worsening drought and a pandemic that has drained budgets and muddled preparations. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Battered Caribbean prepares for hurricanes amid pandemic

By Dánica Coto May. 29, 2020 10:07 AM EDT

Analysis: Notes from a coronavirus hot spot

By Kevin Mcgill Apr. 05, 2020 04:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is right outside my door. But I can't go out. Not much, anyway. My wife and I are self-confined to quarters, working at home and...

Jose Cepeda takes orders from customers at at Alto del Cabro restaurant amid a government ordered quarantine aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus that is shuttering all non-essential businesses for two weeks in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, March 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Puerto Rico discovers protective supply cache amid COVID-19

By Danica Coto Apr. 04, 2020 01:42 PM EDT