Most people living near a crumbling dam Guajataca in Puerto Rico, was transferred to a safe place.
On this day, 25 September, said the Governor of the island, Ricardo Rossello and urged the U.S. Congress to Fund an aid package to avert a humanitarian crisis after hurricane Maria.
We will remind, on Friday on the 88-year-old dam Guajataca cracks. Endangered almost 70 thousand inhabitants. Rossello added that he considers the possibility that the dam will collapse completely. «I’d rather be wrong, than to do nothing and ruin people’s lives,» said the Governor in an interview with CNN.
The national weather service reports that a warning about sudden flooding in the Western parts Quebradillas and Eastern municipalities Isabelа will remain for Monday.
«Stay away or you will be swept away. Riverbanks and areas where water pipes are unsafe. Stay away from the evacuation sites until you say that it is possible to return,» reads the warning.
Flash Flood Warning & Flood Warning continue in effect for some of the western municipalities of PR. #prwx #Maria pic.twitter.com/g8Du60lC2f
— NWS San Juan (@NWSSanJuan) September 25, 2017
Complicating the situation is that many people only working radio, and some find out about a possible dam break only from neighbors.
Most of the island, which is a US territory with a population of 3.4 million people, remains without electricity, reports Reuters.
Mary became the strongest storm that hit the island in 1928. The hurricane claimed the lives of at least ten residents of Puerto Rico.
