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Introduction

Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect those islands

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Knowledge base

Documents and publications
2018

ReImagina Puerto Rico: Report

This ReImagina Puerto Rico main report highlights 17 of recommendations identified as high priority, actionable and address critical issues for the recovery and reconstruction of Puerto Rico. 
Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission (ReImagina Puerto Rico)
Documents and publications
2018

Use of death counts from vital statistics to calculate excess deaths in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria

The official death toll for Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, has remained at 64 since December 29, 2017. Accurate estimates of deaths from environmental disasters are important for informing rescue, recovery, and policy

American Medical Association
Documents and publications
2018

Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

Quantifying the effect of natural disasters on society is critical for recovery of public health services and infrastructure. The death toll can be difficult to assess in the aftermath of a major disaster. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria caused massive

The New England Journal of Medicine
Research briefs

Study estimates a prolonged increase in death rate in Puerto Rico in months following Hurricane Maria

According to a new study, the mortality rate in Puerto Rico rose by 62% after Hurricane Maria, concluding that the original estimate of 64 excess deaths due to Hurricane Maria is likely to be a substantial underestimate. To produce an independent estimate of lives lost, researchers surveyed 3,299 randomly chosen households across Puerto Rico.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research briefs

Inaccurate data analysis may affect Puerto Rico’s recovery

A recent study warns that a failure to properly account for all the deaths related to the 2017 storm and the possible dismantling of the territory's data collection services might affect the island's current chance of recovery, as well as its ability to respond to future emergencies.
Pennsylvania State University
Updates

Hurricane Maria aftermath: Why did Puerto Rico’s electric grid fail?

Experts from the University of Tennessee Knoxville discussed issues related to power outages in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Some of the issues identified were the exposure of electricity lines and the need to finance better options, such as buried power lines or microgrids, compared to what is used today.
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Updates

UN warns on extreme weather as Hurricane Maria hits Caribbean

The increasing impact of extreme weather events, the most recent being Hurricane Maria, has top United Nations officials urging efforts to boost resilience and strengthen damage mitigation measures. Hurricane Maria is following the same path of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Jose through the Caribbean.
World Meteorological Organization
Documents and publications
2006

Hurricane Katrina - Emergency response (vol. 1): hospital decision making in the wake of Katrina, the case of New Orleans

At 7 a-m. CDT on Sunday, August 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane, the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson scale. By 9:30 a.m. CDT that same morning, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called for a first-ever mandatory

MCEER - Earthquake Engineering to Extreme Events