Jennifer Lopez to donate $1 million for Puerto Rico hurricane relief

Within the sports world, Major League Baseball plans to donate $1 million to relief efforts in Puerto Rico and Mexico, which has recently been hit by two powerful earthquakes.

The influx is still likely weeks away, with only a limited number of flights now available out of San Juan’s airport.

“The response has been at an unprecedented level and we’re supplying federal assistance as quickly as possible”, she added.

On Friday, a dam failed along the Guajataca River, causing extreme flooding, and the island’s delegate to Congress, Jenniffer González, says the storm has set Puerto Rico back 20 to 30 years. “I can’t sleep at night not knowing about my family”.

He said in the first conversation with his family, he was only anxious about their safety, “the first thing that I said was ‘are you guys okay?’ I didn’t care if the material part was gone”.

“We want these people to be part of the solution and not the problem so we do require a minimum of training”, said Lynn Levine, the communications director for the Boston Red Cross. She was born in Guanica and has a home there.

Baker said the wife of Puerto Rico’s governor emphasized that point during a brief conversation by satellite phone with Baker’s wife, Lauren. “We respectfully urge you to expand the scope of the task force in Puerto Rico to account for any illegal activity related to Hurricane Maria”.

Trump, who is reportedly planning to visit Puerto Rico, pledged federal help for the island and the US Virgin Islands. There’s no water, there’s no light.’ But they’re my family.

Supplies. The government of Puerto Rico has also launched a guide that details how individuals or companies can donate emergency and construction supplies (from bottled water, hand sanitizer and formula to extension cords, tarp and safety glasses).

“Watching the images of the video and comparing it to the images I’ve seen so far – it’s devastated”, said the singer, whose real name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez. Other people are running into roadblocks just trying to buy a ticket. In the USVI, most ports on St. Thomas and St. Croix have reopened with restrictions, along with Cruz Bay on St. John.

Latimer herself plans to head down October 15 but is still nervous about electricity and no running water.

JetBlue has already canceled everything for Tuesday that’s not humanitarian.

Spirit said it may be able to make one flight with seats for sale Tuesday if the conditions allow. “It’s more complicated to get people here, it’s more complicated to fix the power grids, it’s more complicated to fix a whole lot of other things”, Lengyel told The Hill while traveling to St. Croix to meet with government officials and assess the damage.