On September 18, Hurricane Fiona, a category 1 storm, struck the southern part of the island of Puerto Rico. All residents of our Caribbean commonwealth were without power, 75 percent without running water, and many suffered from historic flooding. The storm is estimated to have caused over $2 billion in damage and the deaths of at least 21 people.
Fiona won’t be the last climactic event that strikes our territory. My generation, growing up in Puerto Rico during the 1980s, learned to deal with the unpredictable wrath of nature. After Hurricane Hugo battered the northeast in 1989, Puerto Ricans became well-versed in hurricane preparedness.
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