hurricane irma was the name of the hurricane that hit puerto rico.
hurricane irma was the name of the hurricane that hit puerto rico.
what was the name of the hurricane that hit puerto rico?
hurricane irma
the environmental degradation caused by hurricane hugo in 1989, the hurricane in 1998, and the two year drought from 2015-17 have all had a massive impact on the 28,000 acre el yunque rain forest in puerto rico including the resident coqui frogs. increases in average temperature has already increased the incidences of coqui frogs infected by batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a chytrid fungus that reduces the reproductive capability and increases mortality for the coqui frogs. the more recent hurricanes irma and maria in 2017 hit puerto rico. irma did not directly strike puerto rico, but maria with wind speeds only two miles per hour shy of a category five impacted puerto rico directly two weeks later and devastated the forest on a massive level. specific conditions prevented some sites from massive destruction, but 53% of the puerto rican el yunque rainforest was devastated the forest canopy that had shielded the ground from the sun  and left the ground shaded and cool, was destroyed by hurricane maria, and the ground temperature has thusly increased by 4 degrees centigrade. small changes in release and uptake of carbon dioxide create much larger changes on its atmospheric concentration. the warmed ground areas have shown less root recovery from the hurricane damage. several of the more vulnerable coqui frog (e.eneidae and e.karlschmidti), whose range is contained within the lower altitudes of the el yunque national forest are in eminent danger of extinction, while increasing the range and success of more resilient species of coqui frog especially the red eyed coqui which can withstand dryer periods, fluctuations in temperature and other variables that more than most of the 25 species of coqui frogs can. in the luquillo mountain range the mountain coqui is not endangered as a result of maria that it may be tethering on extinction.
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