Sources: NOAA
Puerto Rico declares an epidemic of dengue fever following an increase in cases. 2024-03-25
Around two million people in Puerto Rico are left without electricity after a fire occurs at one of the island's largest power plants. 2022-04-7
Puerto Rico exits out of bankruptcy after completing the largest public debt restructuring in U.S. history. 2022-03-15
Hurricane Isaias is expected to head towards Florida, prompting the state to close their COVID-19 test sites. The hurricane has made landfall in Puerto Rico, causing landslides, flooding, and power outages. 2020-07-30
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Puerto Rico, killing one and injuring nine others 2020-01-7
Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to grow stronger as it reaches Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center says. 2019-08-27
Hurricane Maria reaches Category 5 as it threatens the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. 2017-09-18
The United States Supreme Court strikes down a Puerto Rican law that would have allowed it to restructure the debts of its public utilities over the objections of creditors. Puerto Rico's agencies have a $2 billion debt payment due July 1 and has already defaulted on a $370 million debt payment for its Government Development Bank back on May 1. 2016-06-13
A U.S. federal district court, in a case filed by retailer Wal-Mart Stores. Inc., strikes down a Puerto Rican tax increase for on-island companies, with more than $2.75 billion in revenues that buy goods from off-island "related parties," because the levy clearly discriminates against interstate commerce. 2016-03-28
Tropical Storm Isaac forms in the Atlantic Ocean with tropical storm warnings in place for Puerto Rico, the US and British Virgin Islands, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St Martin, St Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Anguilla, Saba, St Eustatius, St Maarten, Culebra and Vieques. 2012-08-21