Friday 29 November 2019

FEMA aid slow to reach Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been slow to receive recovery aid following Hurricanes Maria and Irma, according to a new examination of FEMA records. Of more than 9,000 requests to fund long-term recovery projects in Puerto Rico, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has only funded 190. And in the Virgin Islands, only 218 such projects of more than 1,500 requests have received funding, according to the New York Times. Both hurricanes Irma



source https://therealdeal.com/2019/11/29/fema-aid-slow-to-reach-puerto-rico-virgin-islands/

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