Trump Falsely Claims Nearly 3,000 Americans In Puerto Rico 'Did Not Die'
Nearly 3,000 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. President Donald Trump denied this reality as a hurricane barrels toward the Carolinas.
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Nearly 3,000 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. President Donald Trump denied this reality as a hurricane barrels toward the Carolinas.
"A lesson from this is that efforts for assistance and recovery need to focus as much as possible on lower-income areas, on people who are older, who are more vulnerable,"
BGE crews are on their way to Puerto Rico to assist with recovery efforts in the wake of September's devastating hurricane.
BGE is sending crews to help restore power and repair infrastructure that was destroyed in Hurricane Maria.
Several Baltimore police officers visited Puerto Rico recently to help citizens affected Hurricane Maria.
Connecticut College has established a guest student program for college students from Puerto Rico whose education was disrupted after Hurricane Maria hit the island in September.
It has been 73 days since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico and left behind a trail of death and destruction.
Not only was the 2017 hurricane season the most expensive on record, it also left hundreds dead.
More than 140,000 Puerto Ricans have left since the Category 4 Hurricane slammed into the island Sept. 20.
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Weeks after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria devastated the U.S., local Army workers are still on the ground helping with the cleanup.
Some of the puppies brought here to Maryland after the devastation left by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico are now available for adoption.
Raw sewage is pouring into the rivers and reservoirs of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. People without running water bathe and wash their clothes in contaminated streams, and some islanders have been drinking water from condemned wells.
The Maryland National Guard is deploying 15 soldiers to participate in relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
The House is on track to backing President Donald Trump's request for billions more in disaster aid.
It's been nearly three weeks since Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, which is still struggling to recover.
The Maryland SPCA has taken in 20 dogs from Puerto Rico that survived Hurricane Maria, in hopes to find them forever homes in the Baltimore area.
The Caribbean was hit hard by Hurricane Maria, particularly the island of Dominica -- which is not a U.S. territory.
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Touring a small slice of Hurricane Maria's devastation, President Donald Trump congratulated Puerto Rico on Tuesday for escaping the higher death toll of "a real catastrophe like Katrina" and heaped praise on the relief efforts of his administration without mentioning the sharp criticism the federal response has drawn.
The governor of Puerto Rico said Tuesday that the official death toll from Hurricane Maria has been increased to 34 from 16.
President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the island's future.
A Baltimore woman whose family was directly impacted by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico spoke to WJZ about the challenges now facing the island.
Hurricane Maria may be well offshore, but the storm still has Ocean City taking precautions.
Maria regained strength and became a hurricane again Wednesday, pushing water over both sides of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Security officers who work in Baltimore-owned buildings in the city's Harbor East community went on strike against their employer, Abacus Corporation, alleging unfair labor practices.
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Maryland will get beautiful weekend weather before hot temperatures return.
Maryland will get beautiful weather for the weekend before hot temperatures return.
Temperatures will warm to near-record levels next week.
WJZ-TV meteorologist Steve Sosna has your latest weather forecast.
The weather in Maryland is expected to warm up this weekend after a stretch of cold temperatures.
Maryland will get beautiful weekend weather before hot temperatures return.
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A Baltimore Police dive team is joining the search for Branson Oduor, a man who was last seen in the city’s Fells Point community.
Baltimore security officers went on strike against their employer, Abacus Corporation, over claims of unfair labor practices.