Irma Grazes Puerto Rico but Lays Bare an Infrastructure Problem

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By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ September 10, 2017 LOÍZA, P.R. — As government workers cleared roads obstructed by uprooted trees and repaired toppled electricity lines, residents of Puerto Rico felt some relief that the eye wall of...

As Irma Swings West, Officials Scramble to Open Shelters

by | Sep 9, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Evacuations and Evacuees, Finance, Hurricane Irma (2017), Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, Naples (Fla), Non-Bank Loans, Shelters, Working Capital

By HENRY FOUNTAIN and MATT STEVENS September 9, 2017 NAPLES, Fla. — Pedro Cruz, a maintenance worker at Temple Shalom, was already taking shelter there with his family when he got a call from his supervisor on Saturday afternoon. Situated...

Irma Will Test Florida’s Infrastructure, From Dikes to Sewage Plants

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By HENRY FOUNTAIN September 9, 2017 FORT MYERS, Fla. — Engineers stopped pumping water out of Lake Okeechobee on Saturday, confident that they had lowered levels enough to keep the dike and the towns around it safe as Hurricane Irma swept into southern...

Irma’s Fearsome Winds Reach Florida Shores, With Full Strike Yet to Come

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By MARC SANTORA, HENRY FOUNTAIN and VIVIAN YEE September 9, 2017 MIAMI — After carving a path of destruction through the Caribbean and forcing hundreds of thousands in its path to flee in one of the largest evacuations in American...