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Who’s Who of pop culture unites for ‘One World’ coronavirus special

April 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asia / Pacific, Broadcasting (TRBC), Canada, Celebrities, CORONAVIRUS, Epidemics, Europe, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Hong Kong, INDIA, Italy, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Middle East, Music, ONE, Pictures, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US, Video, WORLD

(Reuters) – Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday headlined a special

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‘Traumatized’ Puerto Ricans rocked by more strong quakes

January 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Emerging Market Countries, General News, Major News, Pictures, Power Markets, Precipitation, Puerto Rico, PUERTORICO, QUAKE, Transmission Lines, United States, US, Utilities (TRBC), Video

YAUCO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Two strong aftershocks collapsed homes and cracked walls in Puerto Rico on Friday as the

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‘Everyone’s scared’ – Puerto Rico declares emergency after earthquakes

January 8, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Emerging Market Countries, Government / Politics, Major News, Power Markets, Puerto Rico, PUERTORICO, QUAKE, United States, US, US Government News, Video, Water

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a

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Tropical Storm Karen skirts Puerto Rico’s eastern edge

September 25, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Disasters / Accidents, General News, Grenada, KAREN, Mid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sea, South America / Central America, STORM, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Karen brushed over the eastern edge of Puerto Rico on Tuesday, forecasters said, sparing the U.S.

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Survivor sees Dorian peel off his home’s roof in the Bahamas: ‘This can’t be real’

September 6, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Americas, Bahamas, Company News, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, DORIAN, Europe, Floods, Florida, Georgia, HOUSE, Integrated Oil and Gas (TRBC), Major News, North Carolina, Norway, Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Puerto Rico, South America / Central America, South Carolina, STORM, Tourism / Travel, Transportation (TRBC), United States, US, US House of Representatives, Video, Virginia, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (Reuters) – Bahamas storm survivor Ramond King watched as Hurricane Dorian’s swirling winds ripped the roof off

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Storm Dorian churns toward Barbados, sending island into shutdown

August 27, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Barbados, Commodities News (3rd Party), Disasters / Accidents, Dominican Republic, DORIAN, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Floods, General News, NHC, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America / Central America, STORM, Transportation (TRBC), United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

BRIDGETOWN (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Dorian gathered strength on Monday as it barreled west toward Barbados, where residents stocked up

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Storm Dorian likely to strengthen as it churns toward Caribbean islands

August 26, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Disasters / Accidents, DORIAN, Electric Utilities (TRBC), Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Floods, Insurance (TRBC), Precipitation, Puerto Rico, Reinsurance (TRBC), STORM, United States, US, Utilities (TRBC), Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley watches an excavator prepare the beach for the arrival of Tropical Storm Dorian in Speightstown,

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A year after deadly Maria, U.S. housing funds on way to Puerto Rico

September 21, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Government / Politics, MARIA, Municipal Bond Market, Municipal Debt, Picture available, Pictures, PUERTO, Puerto Rico, RICO, STORM, US, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

SAN JUAN (Reuters) – A year after Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico with 150 mile-per-hour (241 kph) winds, government

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Hurricanes cost Caribbean $1 billion in tourism: industry group

June 14, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Bahamas, Cuba, Emerging Market Countries, Puerto Rico, South America / Central America, STORM, TOURISM, Tourism / Travel, US, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

NASSAU (Reuters) – The Caribbean lost more than $1 billion in tourism revenue after hurricanes deterred visitors during the costliest

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