Many more hotels followed, along with casinos and golf courses. Today, Puerto Rico’s rural coastal communities have to compete for space and resources against tourism development, gentrification ...

17, 2022. Puerto Rico’s governor declared a state of emergency on April 11, 2023 given worsening coastal erosion across the U.S. territory that officials blame on climate change. (AP Photo ...

Puerto Rico’s coastal wetlands face mounting challenges, many of which threaten the delicate balance of these ecosystems and ...

Hurricane Fiona walloped all of Puerto Rico, but areas in the south were particularly hard hit. Unrelenting rain flooded out communities and swamped many neighborhoods. We have a look now at some ...

An estimated 99 kilometers (62 miles) of Puerto Rico's shoreline has moved inland as of July 2018, according to a recent report by the Coastal Research and Planning Institute of Puerto Rico.

USGS Image. (USGS) New U.S. Geological Survey science provides commonwealth officials, emergency managers and the public the ability to view probabilities of hurricane-induced coastal change along ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor declared a state of emergency on Tuesday to fight worsening coastal erosion across the US territory that officials blame on climate change.

Unrelenting rain flooded out communities and... Puerto Rico's southern coastal communities may be some of the last to get power back STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a look now at some of the damage ...

We have a look now at some of the damage from Hurricane Fiona. NPR's Greg Allen is in Puerto Rico. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: Maunabo is a small community on Puerto Rico's southeast coast, nestled ...