Jaw-Dropping Report Reveals Causes of Arecibo Telescope Collapse
An investigation by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found Hurricane Maria worsened a slow decay ...
FEMA didn’t answer almost half the calls it received for disaster aid
Hurricanes Helene and Milton have left the Federal Emergency Management Agency struggling to handle phone calls from ...
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Arecibo telescope was doomed by hurricane damage and human failures, says report
Hurricane Maria triggered a sequence of events that led to the downfall of the storied radio observatory — but inspectors missed clear signals that the structure was in distress.
Death of alien-hunting Arecibo Telescope traced to cable issues 3 years earlier, 'alarming' report finds
A scathing new report points to unclear protocols and multiple failures to raise alarms at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto ...
New Couple Is Enjoying the 'Honeymoon Phase.' Then His Kids Are Displaced by a Hurricane and Everything Changes (Exclusive)
When Kelley and Luis first started dating in November 2017, love wasn't the only thing on his mind. The father of four was ...
In hurricanes’ wake, FEMA is underwater
FEMA’s workforce “was overwhelmed” when three hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and Maria — hit Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico in quick succession in 2017. Agency call centers, plagued by “low morale and ...
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Hurricane Kristy strengthens into a Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean
In 2017. Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico as *** category four storm causing flooding and damage to hundreds of thousands of buildings and resulting in $114.3 billion worth of damage.
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How Missed Warnings and Incompetence Brought Down Arecibo’s Iconic Telescope
On December 1, 2020, one of the world’s most iconic astronomical facilities came crashing down. The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, with its 900-ton platform and massive dish, was a symbol of ...
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Hurricane Kristy strengthens into a Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean
In 2017. Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico as *** category four storm causing flooding and damage to hundreds of thousands of buildings and resulting in $114.3 billion worth of damage. That's ...