The US government plans to take about 3 million Puerto Ricans from the island. It is primarily about the people who lost their home and two months after hurricane living in shelters.
We will remind, hurricane Maria 4 category hit the island in early September. It has claimed the lives of dozens of people and almost completely destroyed the infrastructure of Puerto Rico.
The representative of the Federal emergency management Agency (FEMA) Ron Roth confirmed to NBC New York that plans to transport residents to the mainland United States are in development since the 30 October.
Now FEMA and the government of Puerto Rico, in particular, the Governor Ricardo Rossello, the final preparations for the air transportation of people.
It’s unclear what criteria will have to take the Puerto Ricans from the shelters, but decided that they would be transported to the States of new York and Florida. «FEMA is working with officials in Florida and new York on the agreement that these States have taken the survivors,» added Roth.
Two months after Maria’s in Puerto Rico restored only 21.6% of electricity and about 70% water. In addition, the island – the lack of medicines and food.
