But, with a president as obviously dysfunctional as Trump there is no limit to how many people who are Americans we are going to see die in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Caribbean in general from the present "Cataclysms" of weather there. Let alone how many people may also die from a war with North Korea. It's our fault for putting in place a president so ill suited for the job and so elderly. He is the oldest president ever to take the oath of office. We should learn something from this as Americans!
In addition to this now hundreds of Mexicans have died from the 8.1 and 7.1 quakes in Mexico too (as well as all the aftershocks).
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Puerto Ricans still waiting for aid a week after Maria's devastation
Story highlights
- 97% of Puerto Ricans still don't have power Wednesday, governor says
- About half of island's 3.4 million residents do not have running water
(CNN)After
a week of misery, millions of Puerto Ricans are still suffering in
primitive conditions without power, water or enough fuel.
About
97% of the island's 3.4 million residents are still in the dark
Wednesday, one week after Hurricane Maria slammed into the Puerto Rico,
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said. About half of the residents do not have
running water.
And there's nowhere enough food to go around. In the town of Utuado, Lydia Rivera has started to ration crackers and drink rainwater to keep her two grandchildren alive.
"No water, no food," Rivera told CNN.
People carry water in bottles retrieved from a canal this week in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico.
The hurricane killed 16 people in Puerto Rico, 27 in the island nation of Dominica and one in the US Virgin Islands. But the US recovery efforts in Puerto Rico have been markedly different from the recent responses to other Americans in hurricane-stricken Texas and Florida.
Federal relief efforts
With supplies running out, many Puerto Ricans are collecting water from mountain streams.
Hundreds stranded at Puerto Rican airport 02:09
Harry
Torres said the water is all they have for cleaning and drinking until
help comes. They've heard on the radio that trucks loaded with supplies
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have arrived on the
island.
"We haven't seen any," Torres said.
Some
help is on the way. On Wednesday, a plane carrying 3,500 pounds of
water, Army meals ready-to-eat, diapers and other supplies will head
from Miami to Puerto Rico, said Rob Brisley, spokesman with US Customs
and Border Protection.
The plane,
which usually carries out intelligence missions, will travel back to the
United States with 28 family members of federal employees, he said.
"We are getting help from
the federal government, but this is an unprecedented set of
circumstances," Rosselló said Wednesday. "We want to make sure that we
recognize that a lot of resources are coming in. They are coming in by
air or by boats. But they are starting to execute."
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands have seen fewer personnel since Hurricane Maria hit than Texas and Florida did during recent hurricanes in those states.
In
a tweet Monday, FEMA said more than 10,000 federal staff members were
on the ground in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands assisting
search-and-rescue and recovery efforts.
President Donald Trump has
announced he will visit Puerto Rico next Tuesday -- nearly two weeks
after Maria struck the US commonwealth. He's been criticized for his
response to Puerto Rico, compared with Texas and Florida -- two states he visited within four days of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
On
Tuesday, Trump said the recovery was more difficult in Puerto Rico
because of its geography. FEMA Administrator Brock Long added that the
limited operations at Puerto Rico's international airport were making it
difficult to move resources into the area.
Lack of diesel leads to deaths
With nearly all Puerto Ricans still without power Wednesday, the lack of electricity and fuel have yielded dire consequences.
At
a hospital in San Juan, two people died in an intensive care unit after
it ran out of diesel, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said.
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apartment building is missing a wall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on
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US commonwealth. Power is still out in most places, and communications
remain almost nonexistent on the island of 3.4 million people.
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Puerto Rico, on Sunday, September 24. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló
said the island faces a humanitarian crisis.
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San Juan is shrouded in darkness after the hurricane knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico.
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People take shelter at Puerto Rico's Humacao Arena on Tuesday, September 19.
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People stand near debris at a restaurant in Le Carbet, Martinique, on September 19.
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People in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, board up windows of a business on September 19.
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Floodwaters surround cars in Pointe-a-Pitre on September 19.
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Soldiers patrol a street in Marigot, St. Martin, as preparations were made for Maria on September 19.
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People buy provisions in Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, as the hurricane approached on Monday, September 18.
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Customers wait in line for power generators at a store in San Juan on September 18.
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An
apartment building is missing a wall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on
Monday, September 25, nearly a week after Hurricane Maria devastated the
US commonwealth. Power is still out in most places, and communications
remain almost nonexistent on the island of 3.4 million people.
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Yancy
Leon rests at the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport near San Juan
on September 25. She's been waiting in line for two days to get a flight
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An aerial view shows the flooding in San Juan on September 25.
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collect water from a natural spring created by landslides in Corozal,
Puerto Rico, on Sunday, September 24. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló
said the island faces a humanitarian crisis.
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An aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood in Catano, Puerto Rico, on Friday, September 22.
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Rescue workers drive through a flooded road in Humacao, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, September 20.
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Residents are relying on generators to keep appliances such as air conditioners, medical devices and refrigerators running.
At the San Jorge Children's Hospital in San Juan, 12 children depend
on ventilators to survive, but the hospital has only a limited amount
of fuel for generators, said Domingo Cruz Vivaldi, the hospital's
executive director.
The hospital
is the largest private children's medical center in the Caribbean. When
the hospital ran out of diesel Monday, the ventilators had to run on
batteries for hours until another hospital offered them fuel.
"We were very thankful for that. We were very lucky," Cruz Vivaldi said.
The hospital is working to secure more gas, he said, because that diesel will only last for about two days.
'People are starting to get desperate'
Before
sunrise every morning, dozens of people hauling red plastic gas cans
start lining up at gas stations. They need fuel to power their cars in
case of an emergency or to keep generators running at home.
People wait in line to buy gas in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Some wait for up to six hours armed with lawn chairs and umbrellas.
"If
the gasoline arrives, it will fix our problems," Utuado Mayor Ernesto
Irizarry said. "People are starting to get desperate,"
At least 60 people have been arrested for violating the overnight curfew ordered by the governor to keep the island safe.
And
36 have been arrested for looting and theft in Humacao, Caguas, San
Juan and Bayamón, said Michelle Hernandez, superintendent of the Puerto
Rico police.
Floating antennas and tuition help
2017 hurricanes will cost over $100 billion 01:12
While Puerto Ricans await more government help, some companies and a Florida college are stepping up.
Telecommunications giant AT&T is bringing floating antennas to help re-connect Puerto Ricans, said Rosselló, the governor.
And
Miami Dade College will offer in-state tuition to displaced college
students from Puerto Rico, the college said via Twitter.
Rosselló said he hopes the kindness showed by Puerto Rico during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will be returned.
"The people know that Puerto Ricans are proud US citizens," he said.
"After
Irma, we helped out others -- about 4,000 US citizens that were
stranded. We gave them shelter and food. During Harvey, we sent out
resources to Texas as well. ... And now it is time to take a quick
decision and help out Puerto Rico as others have done."
Maria and another storm continue to churn in the Atlantic Ocean but are not expected to threaten the US mainland.
Now a Category 1 hurricane, Maria is 165 miles east
of North Carolina and is expected to move northeast and then east out
into the Atlantic. Hurricane Lee, a Category 3 storm, is 485 miles
east-southeast of Bermuda and will likely move north and northeast.
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