“We're laser focused on what's happening with the people of Puerto Rico,” President Biden stated in a briefing on the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona. The storm brought catastrophic flooding and sweeping power outages across the island.
Satellite image shows a flooded bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on Sept. 21, 2022.
A man collects spring water from a mountain next to a highway in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico on Sept. 21, 2022.Manuel Veguilla lives in one of the areas that's been cut off in Puerto Rico. He hasn't been able to leave his neighborhood in the north mountain town of Caguas since Fiona swept in on Sunday.
Neighbors have shared food and water dropped off by nonprofit groups, and the son of an elderly woman was able to bring back basic supplies by foot Wednesday, he said. Fiona sparked an islandwide blackout when it hit Puerto Rico's southwest region, which already was still trying to recover from a series of strong earthquakes in recent years. Some 62% of 1.47 million homes and businesses were without power four days after the storm amid an extreme heat alert issued by the National Weather Service. Some 36% of customers, or nearly half a million, didn't have water service.
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