Puerto Rico governor announces state of emergency to fight coastal erosion

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón declared a state of emergency Wednesday over coastal erosion on the island’s northern coast.  González-Colón signed an executive order that states coastal erosion has “accelerated” in Puerto Rico because of rising sea levels, storm surges, atmospheric phenomena and the “geomorphological vulnerability” of multiple coastal communities. Those trends, the order states,…