Daily News | Local Puerto Rican and Dominican communities are readying humanitarian response to hurricane — again
Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican and Dominican communities are organizing to support their islands’ recovery from Hurricane Fiona, a category 1“After Mass, I was just feeling sad. It took folks five years trying to rebuild — to build their houses and their businesses. I’m sure people are feeling that it isn’t fair. It hurts my soul. It took such a long time trying to heal,” said the Rev.
Members of the Puerto Rican community have just started meeting to determine a course of action to support victims of Fiona, including working with Indigenous community-based organizations. Puerto Rico’s Governor, Pedro Pierluisi, who was elected in 2020 and is managing his first major hurricane, called the damages “catastrophic” but no hurricane-related deaths have been reported. President Joe Biden supported Puerto Rico’s call for a state of emergency, allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist local officials to coordinate all disaster relief efforts.
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