Death toll from Maria rises in Puerto Rico The
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Death toll from Maria rises in Puerto Rico
The death toll from Hurricane Maria jumped to at least 13 in Puerto Rico, where almost 700 people were rescued from rising floodwaters, officials said Friday.
Among the victims were eight people who drowned in Toa Baja, about 20 miles west of San Juan, according to Mayor Bernardo Márquez, Reuters reported.
Three elderly sisters were killed by a mudslide in the mountainous central municipality of Utuado, the newspaper El Nuevo Día reported, citing relatives and the mayor of Utuado.
Gov. Ricardo Rossello called Maria the most devastating storm in a century after it obliterated the US territory’s electricity and telecommunications infrastructure.
“Part of the island is lacking communications, so what we have are some preliminary assessments about 13 deaths at this juncture,” he told CNN early Friday.
El Nuevo Día reported at least 15 people were killed, according to Reuters.
“We’re 24 hours post-hurricane warning and right now our efforts are to make sure we have everybody safe, that we can rescue people. Our efforts have already produced almost 700 rescues so we’re clearly focused on that,” Rossello said.
Meanwhile, New York politicians unable to contact family members embarked for the devastated island Friday, accompanied by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“We have a lot of flooding, we have reports of complete devastation of vulnerable housing. Of course it’s still raining over here,” he said.
Maria was blamed for at least 33 deaths, including 15 in Dominica, three in Haiti, two in Guadeloupe and one in the US Virgin Islands, according to reports.
Ricardo Ramos, who heads Puerto Rico’s electricity board, said it could take months before power is fully restored across the island.
Amid reports of looting, Rossello imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the island’s 3.4 million people that will stay in effect until Saturday.
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The death toll from Hurricane Maria jumped to at least 13 in Puerto Rico, where almost 700 people were rescued from rising floodwaters, officials said Friday.
Among the victims were eight people who drowned in Toa Baja, about 20 miles west of San Juan, according to Mayor Bernardo Márquez, Reuters reported.
Three elderly sisters were killed by a mudslide in the mountainous central municipality of Utuado, the newspaper El Nuevo Día reported, citing relatives and the mayor of Utuado.
Gov. Ricardo Rossello called Maria the most devastating storm in a century after it obliterated the US territory’s electricity and telecommunications infrastructure.
“Part of the island is lacking communications, so what we have are some preliminary assessments about 13 deaths at this juncture,” he told CNN early Friday.
El Nuevo Día reported at least 15 people were killed, according to Reuters.
“We’re 24 hours post-hurricane warning and right now our efforts are to make sure we have everybody safe, that we can rescue people. Our efforts have already produced almost 700 rescues so we’re clearly focused on that,” Rossello said.
Meanwhile, New York politicians unable to contact family members embarked for the devastated island Friday, accompanied by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“We have a lot of flooding, we have reports of complete devastation of vulnerable housing. Of course it’s still raining over here,” he said.
Maria was blamed for at least 33 deaths, including 15 in Dominica, three in Haiti, two in Guadeloupe and one in the US Virgin Islands, according to reports.
Ricardo Ramos, who heads Puerto Rico’s electricity board, said it could take months before power is fully restored across the island.
Amid reports of looting, Rossello imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the island’s 3.4 million people that will stay in effect until Saturday.
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