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Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthens into a hurricane north of Puerto Rico.
2024-08-14

Schools are canceled in Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane overnight.
2024-08-13

Hurricane Lee strengthens into a category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph, traveling west-northwest towards the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico.
2023-09-7

Two suspected drug traffickers are killed in a shootout with United States Customs and Border Protection officials off the coast of Puerto Rico.
2023-01-15

U.S. President Donald Trump waives the Jones Act for Puerto Rico after he first disallowed additional aid, citing shipping industry business interests. Senator John McCain says the Jones Act makes prices for food, water, and other emergency supplies too high in Puerto Rico.
2017-09-28

At least seven people are killed on the islands of Barbuda, St. Barts and St. Martin. Heavy rain and Category 5 winds hit the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico’s northeast coast.
2017-09-6

Hurricane Katia becomes the second hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.
2011-08-31

The death toll from Hurricane Irene reaches 40 in the contiguous United States plus three people in the Dominican Republic and one in Puerto Rico.
2011-08-30

Tropical Storm Emily forms in the Atlantic Ocean with tropical storm warnings issued for Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante and the Dominican Republic.
2011-08-1

Category 4 Hurricane Earl takes aim at the northern Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico with winds of up to 135 miles per hour (215 km-h) prompting hurricane warnings.
2010-08-30