Yanira Cardona was anxious as she held her phone tightly, watching every Hurricane Fiona update and answering calls from her family back in Puerto Rico as they brace for the category one hurricane’s destruction.
A Jacksonville woman who witnessed the catastrophic devastation that Category 5 hurricane Maria caused in Puerto Rico shared the effect Hurricane Fiona had on her family back home over the weekend.– A Jacksonville woman who witnessed the catastrophic devastation that Category 5 hurricane Maria caused in Puerto Rico shared the effect Hurricane Fiona had on her family back home over the weekend.
Cardona lived in Puerto Rico with her family from 12 to 17 years old and goes back to visit often. Watching Fiona wreak havoc on her homeland is not only devastating but also traumatizing.She was in Puerto Rico when Hurricane Maria made landfall in 2017. Cardona sat traumatized as she watched a video of the same bridge that was swept away by Maria in 2017, being swept away again by another hurricane.“I am one of the survivors,” Cardona said.
“My father is okay but unfortunately my cousin did lose her home. She was in a trailer that did not withstand the winds. As well as my aunt’s roof got damaged and a couple of my other family members’ homes did get damaged,” Cardona said.
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