Intersection: Telling The Stories Of Hurricane Maria Evacuees
• Journalist Maria Padilla joins Intersection to talk about the stories of Hurricane Maria evacuees forced to leave Puerto Rico and make a new life in Florida.
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• Journalist Maria Padilla joins Intersection to talk about the stories of Hurricane Maria evacuees forced to leave Puerto Rico and make a new life in Florida.
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• The death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria sparked public outrage, and denial from the Trump administration. An investigation from Quartz, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism and the Associated Press reveals how lack of medical care after the storm contributed to the deaths of hundreds of Puerto Ricans with treatable ailments.
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• 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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