Data-Driven Hurricane Response: Analyzing Puerto Rico's Municipal Contracting Patterns
The Caribbean is entering a new hurricane season. One way to assess the impact of these events is by examining public contracts for debris management.
Following Hurricane Fiona in 2022, municipalities in Puerto Rico awarded multimillion-dollar contracts for debris removal, with peaks of up to $10 million per month and dozens of contractors engaged.
In July 2024, FEMA issued a disaster declaration for severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides. This also led to an increase in municipal contracting, although on a smaller scale compared to Fiona.
The data indicate that some municipalities concentrated more resources than others, reflecting differences in the distribution of contracts.
This analysis was conducted using public information by the analytics team at VISN AI.
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