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We are working to assist those affected, but there is a dire need for shelter, food, and water due to the rising number of displaced families. The entire island of Puerto Rico was without power on Sunday as Hurricane Fiona made landfall and threatened to cause "catastrophic flooding" and landslides. The storm knocked out the territory's power grid -- which remains fragile after Hurricane Maria caused the largest blackout in U.S. history in 2017. The storm made landfall with maximum sustained winds of over 85 miles per hour. U.S. President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency Sunday.
We are providing food, water shelter for the people devastated by tropical storm Isaias. Tropical Storm Isaias, which is hammering the Dominican Republic and likely become a hurricane on Friday. The 60 mph storm's maximum sustained winds has caused landslides, flooding and power outages downed trees and inundated neighborhoods where earthquake-damaged homes still stand in Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from previous hurricanes and earthquakes.
Rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches are likely, with locally up to 10 inches expected over the next few days across the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Children carried to safety in high waters and over 400,000 losing power.
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Schools across Puerto Rico remained closed on Wednesday as more than a half-million people remained without electricity after the island's worst earthquake in a century. Some Puerto Ricans in the hard-hit south area of the island in towns such as Guanica moved beds outside Tuesday night over concerns their homes would collapse if another earthquake hit. The flurry of quakes in Puerto Rico's southern region began the night of Dec. 28. “There's no power". "There's no water". "There is nothing". "This is horrible".
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