Puerto Rico Moves to Limit Coastal Damage From Hurricanes and Other Threats

Puerto Rico is taking steps to restore and enhance its coasts and make communities more resilient to storms in a new plan recently approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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PDF) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE-INDUCED COASTAL EROSION HAZARDS IN PUERTO RICO