A couple of hundred people joined a protest Thursday organized by Puerto Rico singer René Pérez of Calle 13 fame in a demonstration reminiscent of those that ousted the island’s former governor last year. Anger is growing over emergency aid that until recently sat unused in a warehouse amid ongoing earthquakes. Protesters began arriving at the seaside Capitol building...

Dozens of at-risk shelter pets had to be evacuated from Puerto Rico as earthquakes and aftershocks continue to shake up the island. 40 dogs and some cats from overcrowded shelters were flown to Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday. The plane was also able to drop off a much-needed delivery of disaster relief supplies to the island. The animals are reportedly…

People in a southern Puerto Rico city discovered a warehouse filled with water, cots and other unused emergency supplies, then set off a social media uproar Saturday when they broke in to retrieve goods as the area struggles to recover from a strong earthquake. With anger spreading in the U.S. territory after video of the event in Ponce appeared...

Puerto Rico’s government is opening public schools in late January without knowing if they can withstand a big earthquake as concerns grow about weakened infrastructure that is displacing thousands of students. By Friday, engineers had inspected 561 out of the island’s 856 public schools and found that 9% are unsafe as a result of damage caused by a recent 6.4…

As crisis continues to devastate both Puerto Rico, and Australia people are urging those to help others in need. NBC10 Responds is here to show what you need to look for so you’re donation doesn’t turn into the hands of a scammer.

With the series of earthquakes that occurred in parts of Puerto Rico last week devastated the area. A group of local students are helping out.

An Indiana man charged with negligent homicide in his young granddaughter’s fatal fall from a cruise ship’s open window in Puerto Rico leaned out of that window for several seconds before he lifted the child up to it and she fell, the cruise operator alleges in a court filing. Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Jan. 8 filing in U.S. District Court...

A 6.4 magnitude quake that toppled or damaged hundreds of homes in southwestern Puerto Rico is raising concerns about where displaced families will live. It’s a big problem because the island is still struggling to rebuild from Hurricane Maria two years ago. Officials say the Jan. 7 quake and a subsequent 5.9 magnitude aftershock that hit Saturday damaged at least...

The family of a teenager who died in Vieques, Puerto Rico, is blaming the lack of proper medical equipment and facilities they say could have kept her alive, NBC News reported. Jaideliz Moreno Ventura, 13, died three days ago after suffering flu-like symptoms. The facility where she was being treated did not have a functioning respirator, her cousin told NBC News

A Spanish radio station in Allentown is helping with the relief effort for victims of the earthquake in Puerto Rico. NBC10’s Steven Fisher shows us how.

Seismologists in southern Puerto Rico gingerly walked around a patch of dirt that marks the location of recently buried sensors they hope will reveal answers behind the constant and unusual shaking in the region that has terrified residents. Alena Leeds with the U.S. Geological Survey stopped in front of the sensors on Tuesday afternoon and scrutinized the information that...

Retired government workers in Puerto Rico are bracing for a possible cut to their monthly checks even as the already financially strained island faces one of its most difficult moments with recent earthquakes. For Myra Rivera, a 69-year-old former teacher and translator, any reduction to her pension is unfair.  “That’s robbing,” she says.  In the last three years, Puerto...

More than two years ago, Hurricane Maria revealed that Puerto Rico was utterly unprepared for a powerful hurricane despite its location in one of the world’s most storm-vulnerable regions.Now, a flurry of earthquakes topped by a 6.4-magnitude one that recently killed one person, injured nine others and damaged hundreds of homes, schools and businesses in southwest Puerto Rico has many...

NBC10’s Steven Fisher caught up with locals who vacationed in Puerto Rico during the earthquakes that destroyed dozens of buildings and homes.

The chaos and damage from continuing earthquakes in Puerto Rico this past week have some people in Philadelphia with ties to the U.S. territory coming together to raise money for the island.

Another powerful earthquake struck Puerto Rico Saturday morning. The new magnitude-6.0 quake hit the southern coast of the island, where previous earthquakes and aftershocks were reported earlier this week.

A magnitude 6.0 quake has shaken Puerto Rico, causing further damage along the island’s southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools. The U.S. Geological Survey says the Saturday morning quake quake hit 8 miles (13 kilometers) south of Indios at a shallow depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers). Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority said outages were...

More than 2,000 people in shelters. Nearly one million without power. Hundreds of thousands without water. The aftermath of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that killed one person, injured nine others and severely damaged infrastructure in Puerto Rico’s southwest coast is deepening as the island’s government says it is overwhelmed. Many in the affected area are comparing the situation to Hurricane Maria,...

Powerful earthquakes and aftershocks in southern Puerto Rico have left several buildings in ruins. NBC 6’s Sheli Muniz reports from Guanica.

Puerto Rico saw its worst earthquake in a century and FEMA says funds are on the way as a daunting cleanup begins. People are afraid that an aftershock could bring more damage to the island. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has been tracking the latest information.