Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why Puerto Rico is not prepared for another hurricane
It’s been a year since two hurricanes - Irma and Maria - devastated the Caribbean. Nearly 3000 people died in Puerto Rico alone. Hundreds of thousands of people fled for the mainland.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIt’s been a year since two hurricanes - Irma and Maria - devastated the Caribbean. Nearly 3000 people died in Puerto Rico alone. Hundreds of thousands of people fled for the mainland. Many of them ended up in hotels that FEMA paid for, but now they have to find another place to live. A judge has ruled they have to be out by next week, even if that means they’ll be homeless.
