Hurricane Fiona Aftermath
“Too many homes and businesses are still without power, without clean drinking water,” Biden said. “Yesterday at the governor’s request I immediately approved an expedited major disaster declaration to provide individual and public assistance to help people and communities recover from [the hurricane] and this declaration is going to, well, get federal resources there quickly. And it’s going to help people start rebuilding their lives.”
The federal government for the next month, according to the president, will fully cover the cost of debris removal, search and rescue operations and power and water supply restoration, as well as for temporary shelters and food.
Puerto Rico has still been struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria five years ago. That storm killed 3,000 people and left the entire territory without electricity for a week.
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Publish date : 2022-09-22 03:00:00
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