As a boombox blasted salsa beats and Luis Fonsi’s summer hit “Despacito,” a long parade of evacuees from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands set foot on the mainland and the crowd erupted in cheers of “Puerto Rico se levanta!” — Puerto Rico is rising. Diana Torres, 69, who had left her flooded apartment in the Puerto Rican town of Guaynabo, beamed as she hugged her older sister, Yaima Escobar, who lives in Miami. Puerto Rico Gov. “Things are very bad in Puerto Rico. More than 90 dialysis patients from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are being housed at Florida International University.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 04, 2017 04:55 UTC