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People are living in homes where roofs, windows, even walls are missing, using blue tarps to keep the elements at bay.

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Virgin Islands Still Recovering From 2017 Hurricanes As New Season Begins

6:11pm June 03, 2018

by Greg Allen

Eight months after hurricanes Irma and Maria, an emergency repair program has just started in the Virgin Islands. A program to rebuild thousands of destroyed homes is still months away.

Traffic backed up on Interstate 75 near the Florida/Georgia state line as people fled Hurricane Irma on Sept. 8, 2017, in Jennings, Fla.

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Lessons From Hurricane Irma: When To Evacuate And When To Shelter In Place

8:29am June 01, 2018

by Greg Allen

As the 2018 hurricane season begins, experts and emergency managers have been studying last year's evacuations before Hurricane Irma. Nearly 7 million people left Florida to escape the hurricane.

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A car drives on a damaged road in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Humacao, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 2.

NOAA Expects Hurricane Season For 2018 To Be Near Or Above Normal

1:58pm May 24, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

After a devastating 2017 hurricane season, the Atlantic isn't likely to get a break this year, NOAA says. The agency predicts 10 to 16 named storms this season, including up to four major hurricanes.

Rafaela Serrano's house in the municipality of Caguas is still roofless eight months after Hurricane Maria. Countless homes on the island remain damaged two weeks before the start of the next hurricane season.

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Puerto Rico Officials Say They're Ready for Hurricane Season, But Worries Mount

10:57pm May 17, 2018

by Adrian Florido

The head of the island's emergency management agency admits the government did not take hurricane preparation seriously before Hurricane Maria, but says all that's changed.

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View of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 18, 2018, after a major failure knocked out the electricity leaving the entire island without power, again. The electricity was eventually restored, but 1.5 percent of customers have had no power in the eight mo

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Puerto Rico To FEMA: Let The Power Crews Stay

5:58pm May 09, 2018

by Adrian Florido

The last of the federal government's power restoration crews are scheduled to leave Puerto Rico on May 18. The island's congressional representative wants a 90-day extension.

Hurricane Maria, shown here as it neared Dominica on Sept. 18, is one of the storm names that has been retired.

After Deadly Storms, Agency Retires 4 Hurricane Names

5:12pm April 12, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate will no longer be on the U.N.'s official rotating list of storm names. The hurricanes killed hundreds of people and caused billions of dollars in damage.

This Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, GOES East satellite image provided by NASA shows the eye of Hurricane Maria as it nears Dominica and before it struck Puerto Rico.

2018 Hurricane Season Will Bring Another Battery Of Storms

6:27pm April 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Forecasters are cautioning the public to brace themselves, predicting 14 tropical storms this year. Seven are expected to become hurricanes and three of those are expected to be major hurricanes.