Rappler's latest stories on Dominica
EU expands tax blacklist to 15 countries, including UAE
Italy has long resisted the addition of the UAE. The Middle East powerhouse has recently made significant investments in the economically troubled European country.
Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate
(UPDATED) With the storm death toll standing at 33 across the Caribbean, Puerto Rico's National Weather Service issues a flash flood warning for people living along the Guajataca River in the northwest of the island, saying an earthen dam there was in danger of collapsing
Tiny Dominica calls for help after Hurricane Maria
'For now our urgent, urgent matter is to get supplies to the affected people. We're going to need all of the helicopter help we can get, because we need to ferry the supplies to people,' Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says
Puerto Rico faces more floods after Maria 'obliteration'
Governor Ricardo Rossello calls Maria the most devastating storm in a century and says the island suffered a total breakdown of its electricity and telecommunications infrastructure
'Storm of the century' Maria pummels Puerto Rico
After killing at least 9 people in the Caribbean, Maria slams into Puerto Rico's southeast coast at daybreak before churning across the US territory which is home to 3.4 million
'Potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Maria eyes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Arriving just as islanders in the region are struggling to recover from devastating Hurricane Irma which struck earlier this month, Maria claimed its first victim in the French territory of Guadeloupe
Hurricane Maria wreaks devastation in Dominica
(3rd UPDATE) Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit appeals for 'help of all kinds' but notes specifically that helicopters will be needed so that authorities can survey the damage
Category-5 Maria makes landfall in 'potentially catastrophic' hurricane
(UPDATED) The maximum-strength storm made landfall on the Caribbean island of Dominica around 0115 GMT Tuesday with top winds swirling at 160 miles (257 kilometres) per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says
Hurricane Maria bears down on battered Caribbean
(4th UPDATE) Maria could produce a 'dangerous storm surge accompanied by large and destructive waves' that would raise water levels by 4 to 6 feet
Hurricane Maria grows on Irma's path
(UPDATED) Storm warnings and watches go up in many of the Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma's destructive passage
