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Puerto Ricans await aid, fret about post-hurricane recovery

Por: WPLG Local 10 Nation September 26, 2022

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TOA BAJA – City worker Carmen Medina walked purposefully through the working-class community of Tranquility Village under a brutal sun, with clipboard, survey forms and pen in hand — part of a small army of officials trying to gauge the scope of disaster caused by Hurricane Fiona's strike on Puerto Rico.She stopped at a white-and-seafoam green house and asked the owner to detail her losses in the storm that had flooded much of the town... + full article



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