President Biden said the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona.
President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Fiona during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 2 office in New York, Sept. 22, 2022.
That seemed to draw a contrast with former President Donald Trump, who was widely accused of an inadequate response to Maria, which left some Puerto Ricans without power for 11 months. “Everyone goes over there,” she said pointing toward crews at the bottom of the mountain who were helping others also cut off by the storm. “No one comes here to see us. I am worried for all the elderly people in this community.”At least five landslides cover the narrow road to her community in the steep mountains around the northern town of Caguas.
National Guard troops and others brought water, cereal, canned peaches and two bottles of apple juice. “That’s very important in these moments,” he said, noting that people had never fully recovered from Hurricane Maria. “A lot of PTSD has reared its head these days.”His huge clown shoes squelched through the mud as he greeted people, whose faces lit up as they smiled at him.
Neither local nor federal government officials had provided an overall estimate of damage from the storm, which dropped up to 30 inches of rain in some areas.
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