The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.

Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles in the plantain farming town of Corozal high in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, leaving tens of thousands of people without power or running water.

BRONX, New York City (WABC) -- More than eight months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a report is shedding new light on the mayhem it caused. The Harvard study estimates more than 4,600 ...

(CNN) — Tens of thousands of Puerto Rico residents are fleeing to Florida after Hurricane Maria, leaving behind an island that is still struggling to regain power more than one month after the storm.

The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and triggered heavy flooding Wednesday in an onslaught that could ...

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than seven months after the wrath of Hurricane Maria, Governor Andrew Cuomo returned to Puerto Rico to re-assess, re-evaluate and re-examine. The governor and his 10-member ...

Hurricane Maria’s eye passed over Puerto Rico hours ago, but early reports and footage from the island indicate that the worst may be yet to come. The dangerous storm, which hit land as a Category 4, ...

The US National Hurricane Center warned of "large and destructive waves" as Maria came ashore near Yabucoa on the southeast coast. Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello has told residents to brace ...