SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The full scope of Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico began to emerge as 48 of the island’s 78 mayors, many of them cut off since the storm, met Saturday with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló for the first time bringing reports of ruined homes and destroyed infrastructure. Most of the mayors attending the meeting had been incommunicado since the Category 4 hurricane dragged fierce winds and heavy rain across the island after making landfall Wednesday. “I learnt about it from a runner who brought a...
Source: Wall Street Journal September 23, 2017 21:45 UTC