Port Authority Deploying Aid to Storm-Hit Puerto Rico

Cruz shook her head in disgust when CNN played for her a clip of Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke standing in the White House driveway Thursday and claiming “the relief effort is under control”.

“I always had faith in God, and I said I know these people are going to help me”, she added.

The department announced the trip Thursday evening after Duke’s “good news” comments at the White House earlier that day.

“We stand ready to extend heartfelt welcomes to disaster survivors who seek temporary or permanent residence in MA and will provide any and all personnel and equipment requested throughout the recovery process”, Gov. Charlie Baker said in a statement. She told ABC News that since the storm hit, they had been surviving by using water from the creek behind the nursing home, and getting drinking water from her father’s well. ‘It is not good news when people are dying’.

Cruz continued: “Every time we find a person that is gasping for air – I am not painting a poetic picture, I am telling you I have seen them and held them in my arms – and helped them into an ambulance, and every time we do that we get a little frail, and of course we get a little afraid”. Carmen Yulin Cruz said on CNN: “This is a people-are-dying story”. This is a life or death story. The roads are blocked, and there are long lines for food, water and fuel, he says. This is there’s a truckload of stuff that can’t be taken to people story.

Still, Brown defended the Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Maria, which came under fire this week from critics who accused officials of being slow to respond.

NBC10 and Telemundo62 reporters and photographers are on their way to Puerto Rico. “In many cases, that is the fastest and best way we can help them, and this fund is created to do just that”.

From Washington, President Donald Trump has praised FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for a job well-done in Puerto Rico.

“I feel hopeless. The only thing I can do is pray and pray and pray some more”, Nazario said.

President Donald Trump on Thursday eased rules that limited vessels with shipments from going into Puerto Rico – a 1920s maritime law known as the Jones Act – but journalists and officials on the ground said a lack of fuel and damaged roads are making it hard to get supplies to those who need them.

“We don’t have as many drivers and trucks as we need”. Working closely with FEMA counterparts, Crowley’s liner and logistics groups have helped to coordinate the throughput of relief cargo at the terminal, prioritizing and trucking government loads on the island. “Big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding!”

“When we were able to reopen after Hurricane Irma, there was a palpable sense of relief among our students because they were able to get back to some sense of normalcy, and we really want to provide that to our neighbors”, Farlow said.