• FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance program has ended for Hurricane Maria evacuees. Local non-profits attempt to find affordable housing for families staying in Central Florida.
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• Florida has received $95.8 million in federal funding to support school districts that enrolled displaced students from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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• Almost 3000 people died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria according to a recent George Washington University study.
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• Community leaders met to discuss the challenges still facing Puerto Rican and Virgins Island families displaced by hurricane Irma. For many, finding a job is at the top of this list.
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• In Puerto Rico, thousands of people lost power again after Hurricane Beryl rolled over the island. Wilton Vargas, the editor of the technology website tecnetico.com, joins us to talk about how Puerto Rico’s infrastructure is holding up and how people are coping almost 10 months after Hurricane Maria.
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• Ariana Colón doesn’t know where she will be living at the end of this month. She is one of more than 1,000 families across the country and in Puerto Rico still checked in hotels paid for by FEMA. 324 of those families are in Florida. A federal judge extended the temporary housing until July 23 for Hurricane Maria Evacuees.
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• With hurricane season comes an increased risk for a bacterial infection that can be contracted from contaminated floodwater. Leptospirosis is endemic to Florida and the disease can be fatal unless it’s treated.
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