Advertisement Continue reading the main story“We have delivered food and water, and it hasn’t gotten to some people,” he said. General Honoré said that by this point, he would have moved 50,000 troops to Puerto Rico. VideoBut some disaster experts say that while the military can be useful, it is not a cure-all in relief efforts, and that too many troops could overwhelm available resources in Puerto Rico. Alejandro De La Campa, the coordinating officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Puerto Rico, said officials so far have installed 22 generators, primarily at high-priority facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes. Amado Zudaire of the Puerto Rico State Guard, the commander of the regional staging area in the northeast city of Cánovanas.

Source: New York Times October 03, 2017 17:58 UTC