Fiona's aftermath has many Puerto Ricans revisiting the debate about leaving the island and questioning confidence in local leadership
The valves, sprouting like flowers from the ground, were all that was left of her small house near the edge of the Guamaní River, which overflowed and swallowed her yellow, cabin-like home, other houses on the block, her stepfather’s vintage Toyota and four of her eight beloved cats. A friend hid her house keys after Baez evacuated to her mother’s home on higher ground, she said, preventing her from returning to fetch the cats during the storm.
This was not the river anymore. It was like a raging brown sea with waves that surrounded us.” Their prayers were answered about 2 a.m. Monday. A National Guard truck came down an adjoining street after the flood waters had receded. They managed to get to the truck safely. Storms hit, people leave. Will it happen again? In the immediate aftermath of Maria, an estimated 130,000 people – almost 4% of the population – left the island, according to US Census Bureau data from 2018.
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