On Sunday, a Category 1 hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic flooding, landslides, and blackouts. Puerto Rico’s government has set up a website providing residents with updates and resources. If you’re able, here are more ways to help
, the rising waters have submerged cars, the first floors of houses, and an airport runway, while a recently-constructed bridge in the town of Utuado was washed away, and asphalt has been ripped from roads.
Hundreds of residents have reportedly been evacuated, including patients at health-care facilities where generators stopped working. Puerto Rico’s governor, Pedro Pierluisi, confirmed onHurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico on Sunday, causing major damage, with footage showing the destruction of a bridge in the mountain town of Utuado that police say was installed by the National Guard after Hurricane Maria hit in 2017.
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