One America Appeal, a charity original intended to benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey, will now direct funds toward those affected by Hurricane Maria.
President Donald Trump in a series of tweets said the debt that the island owed to Wall Street and banks “must be dealt with." The remark, made at a time when the U.S. territory is dealing with a natural disaster, triggered outrage on the microblogging site.
This interactive map is made of aerial images of Puerto Rico and the damage Hurricane Maria caused there.
The president's Twitter account was under scrutiny over the weekend.
Jennifer Lopez will be donating $1 million for the relief efforts in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Jennifer Lopez will head back to New York after her series of shows in Las Vegas.
Hurricane Maria has already devastated Puerto Rico, St. Croix and Vieques.
The storm battered the islands with Category 3 force Friday.
The storm left a trail of destruction throughout the popular tourist destination.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said that the entire power system in Puerto Rico is down and no one on the island has access to power from utilities. The situation might even last for several months, he added.
It's unlikely that the hurricanes in the Atlantic had anything to do with the earthquakes in Los Angeles or Mexico.
Photos from the aftermath of the storm showed extensive damage on the small Caribbean island.
Officials said the entire island could be without power for up to six months.
Maria is continuing to devastate the Caribbean.
Melissa Joan Hart's Instagram post in which she complains about Hurricane Maria ruining their family vacation drew criticism from netizens.
Hurricane Maria has already been deadly.
Photos showed destruction left behind at the airport in Puerto Rico.
The storm was expected to brush by the island Wednesday and Thursday, bringing storm conditions to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The storm's eyewall passed through both islands as a Category 5 storm Wednesday morning.
Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico
Geostationary satellite images and surface observations indicate that the center of the hurricane made landfall near Yabucoa around 6:15 a.m. AST (6:15 a.m. EDT).
The damage wrought by Irma makes certain Caribbean regions far more susceptible to devastation from Hurricane Maria.