Biden noted that hundreds of FEMA and other federal officials are already on the ground in Puerto Rico, where Hurricane Fiona caused an island-wide blackout.
Speaking at a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials in New York, Biden said, "We’re all in this together."
US President Joe Biden and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell take part in a briefing on Hurricane Fiona's impact on Puerto Rico at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 2 Office in New York on Sept. 22, 2022. Miguel Veguilla said that in Maria's aftermath he used picks and shovels to clear debris. But Fiona was different, unleashing huge landslides.Drone video shows neighborhoods in Puerto Rico underwater after Hurricane Fiona
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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