Hurricane victims from Puerto Rico in Shreveport for medical care

Initial assessments indicate that it may be months before all of Puerto Rico has power restored, compromising the critical infrastructure of the island.

Last week, Maria made landfall with winds of 155 miles per hour, knocking out power to almost all of the 3.5 million residents of the USA territory.

“This is the reason many of us joined the Iowa Air National Guard in the first place”, she added.

Former Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said: “President Trump, [Defense Secretary] Mattis, and DOD should send the Navy, including the USNS Comfort, to Puerto Rico now”. The destruction of properties, of flattened structures, of families without homes, of debris everywhere.

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, medical services in Puerto Rico are in a precarious position, and for some patients it is safer to evacuate to the US mainland for treatment.

You can help. Here’s one way: A West Seattle man who is from Puerto Rico is collecting supplies today for a trip there next week.

The island’s power grid could take four-to-six months to fix. “U.S. Virgin Islands, they’re American citizens”, Cuomo said Friday.

The Trump administration says it is not planning to waive federal restrictions on foreign ships’ transportation of cargo to Puerto Rico and other areas affected by Hurricane Maria, as it did following hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

The statewide collection of supplies and money will go to help the USA territory that was seriously damaged by Hurricane Maria.

President Donald Trump spent his weekend tweeting about sports while USA citizens in Puerto Rico continued to deal with “apocalyptic” conditions in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

After Maria, the USA island territory has no electrical power except from generators.

The storm, which has weakened to a Category-2 hurricane, made landfall on the island early Wednesday (20 September) as a Category 4 after barrelling through Dominica. “Puerto Rico will practically collect no taxes in the next month”. “In 2005, we offered assistance following Hurricane Katrina”.

“Puerto Rico is part of the United States, and we need to take swift action”, Rosselló told CNN. “And our petition is for us to be able to use them”.