Hurricane “Maria” was deprived of electricity for all residents of Puerto Rico
Hurricane “Maria”, which reached fourth category, deprived of electricity for all island residents of Puerto Rico. Reported by ABC News, citing a representative of the Puerto Rican emergency management.
According to him, the hurricane damaged several power lines, because of this, 100% of island residents without electricity. At the moment, the authorities are beginning to connect the house to the generator. The source ABC News noted that the entire island is actually “destroyed” by a hurricane.
The Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello said that the restoration of power lines could take months, reports CNN. According to him, most of the power plants in the country suffered greatly.
Press Secretary to the Governor told ABC News that a victim of hurricane “Maria” was the same person. He was killed in Bayamon, located to the South-West of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan. Detached from the building due to strong wind the wooden panel hit someone on the head, he died on the spot.
Currently, the storm hit the Dominican Republic. According to CNN, the victims of “Mary” in this country were 14 people. Hundreds of homes were also destroyed.
The representative of the government of the Dominican Republic Charles Chong told CNN that the hurricane has deprived people of the country of food and water and they are “on the verge of survival.” He added that because of the hurricane in the country, recorded numerous cases of looting. According to the National weather service of the United States, “Mary” moves to the North-West at a speed of just over 14 km/h wind Speed reaches 185 km/h.
Earlier, on September 19, hurricane Maria intensified until the fifth, maximum category. Then the wind speed of the hurricane reached 260 km/h.