Hurricanes

Beltway Confidential

A reminder that life is for living

Noah Wall · July 17, 2020 3:02 pm

Service members unload food and drinking water from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge for distribution to the citizens of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017.

National Security

Hurricanes, coronavirus, and civil disturbance responses will test National Guard resolve

Abraham Mahshie · June 22, 2020 9:24 pm

Visitors line up to tour the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's WP-3D Orion turboprop 'Hurricane Hunter' at New Orleans Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The aircraft is used by scientists on research missions to study various elements of a hurricane, flying through the eye of the storm several times each flight. The plane is also visiting Corpus Christi, Texas, Houston, Tallahassee, Fla.; and Tampa, Fla.

NOAA hurricane hunter base in Florida hit with coronavirus outbreak

Zach Halaschak · June 16, 2020 9:21 pm

Warnings issued for Gulf states as Tropical Storm Cristobal turns north toward the US

Zach Halaschak · June 5, 2020 11:18 pm

Energy and Environment

Tropical Storm Arthur may make landfall over North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Daniel Chaitin · May 18, 2020 11:51 am

Energy and Environment

First named storm of 2020 Atlantic hurricane season expected to form off Florida coast

Daniel Chaitin · May 16, 2020 8:46 pm

Hurricane Katrina task force commander: Trump handling of coronavirus ‘dysfunctional’

Anna Giaritelli · April 14, 2020 7:50 pm

Sergeant Geoff Maher assists with traffic control at the Albany Covid-19 drive-through test site in support of the New York National Guardâs coronavirus outbreak response.

National Security

National Guard suffers PPE shortages as plans begin for state sharing

Abraham Mahshie · April 8, 2020 8:34 pm

In this May 16, 2018 photo, deteriorated U.S. and Puerto Rico flags fly on a roof eight months after the passing of Hurricane Maria in the Barrio Jacana Piedra Blanca area of Yabucoa, a town where many continue without power in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican officials said 98.86 percent of PREPA's customers had electricity on May 17, but many remain without power as the longest blackout in U.S. history continues.

Trump is right to be skeptical about sending more money to Puerto Rico

Ojel Rodriguez · January 21, 2020 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The same people lamenting Puerto Rico’s wasted hurricane aid want government-run healthcare

Tim Worstall · January 20, 2020 8:21 pm

Two more officials ousted in Puerto Rico in wake of Maria aid scandal

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 20, 2020 5:22 pm

Puerto Rico fires emergency director after finding warehouse full of wasted Hurricane Maria aid

Tim Pearce · January 19, 2020 3:50 pm