The National Guard first dispatched fuel to hospitals and other critical infrastructure. Gas stations, grocery stores and other businesses have temporarily shut down due to lack of fuel for generators. We are doing everything we can to fix it,” said Lawrence Kazmierski, senior vice president for Luma, the company that took over the island’s power transmission and distribution more than a year ago. “(Fiona) affected our whole infrastructure. They did not say when the entire island would be energized. 30 but warned those estimates could change. Power company officials announced Sunday that 1.1 million to 1.3 million clients could have power by Friday, Sept. Puerto Rico’s government has said it expects to have a preliminary estimate of the damage Fiona caused in roughly two weeks.Īs of Sunday, about half of Puerto Rico’s 1.47 million power customers remained in the dark, and 20% of 1.3 million water customers had no service as workers struggled to reach submerged power substations and fix downed lines. territory, obliterating the power grid, which had since been patched but not fully rebuilt. 18 and the broad storm unleashed flooding across the island, which still had not recovered from 2017’s Hurricane Maria, a stronger cyclone that slashed across the U.S. Pockets of water still bulged from her ceiling Friday in what had been a newly painted house, and Ortiz listed what she could recall of her lost furniture and other goods.Īfter staying in a shelter and with a friend for days, she hopes to move back into her home soon: “When you lose your bed, you lose your head.”įiona hit southwestern Puerto Rico with 85 mph (140 kph) winds on Sept. READ MORE: How to help victims of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico “Oh, my dear,” responded Margarita Ortiz, a 46-year-old house cleaner standing in a home that was nearly barren because so many flood-damaged belongings had already been discarded. 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 of Toa Baja. TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico (AP) - 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.
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