{"id":5084292,"date":"2020-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/anger-after-warehouse-full-of-unused-disaster-supplies-discovered-in-puerto-rico\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T05:00:00","slug":"anger-after-warehouse-full-of-unused-disaster-supplies-discovered-in-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2020\/01\/08\/anger-after-warehouse-full-of-unused-disaster-supplies-discovered-in-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"Anger after warehouse full of unused disaster supplies discovered in Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UPDATE 1\/19\/20:<\/strong> As thousands of people are still homeless, living in shelters, there’s outrage over the discovery of aid sitting unused in a warehouse – since Hurricane Maria struck in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda V\u00e1zquez Garced fired, Carlos Acevedo, the island’s emergency management director on Saturday and ordered an investigation into the mishandling of emergency supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are thousands of people who have made sacrifices to help those in the south, and it is unforgivable that resources were kept in the warehouse.\u201d <\/p>Wanda V\u00e1zquez Garced, Governor, Puerto Rico <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Another earthquake strikes Puerto Rico; Connecticut asked to help<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE 1\/14\/20: <\/strong>Following the earthquakes, aftershocks that rocked Puerto Rico last week, Connecticut educators are coming to the aid of the hundreds of victims on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and interim Superintendent of Schools Iline Tracey said the city and school district are prepared to accept students and families who have been affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SUGGESTION: Connecticut schools ready to accept Puerto Rican students displaced by earthquakes <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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UPDATE 1\/11\/20: <\/strong>Puerto Rico endured another aftershock on Friday, with a 5.2 magnitude earthquake striking the island two and a half miles from Indios on the southern coast, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cWe will serve as collection center in this effort,\u201d Sammy Vega, president of the Connecticut Institute for Community Development and the Puerto Rican Parade (CICD) <\/a>said. Vega’s organization has begun a website<\/a> to help collect funds.<\/p>\n\n\n

For more information about the situation with family and friends in Puerto Rico, you can dial 211. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Fear of Quakes Rattling Island<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1\/8\/20<\/p>\n\n\n

Puerto Ricans from Connecticut returning from the island after the first earthquake expressing concern, \u201cI got kind of scared today you know cause I want to come back home,\u201d Hartford resident Priscilla Diaz told<\/a> FOX 61. <\/p>\n\n\n

Gu\u00e1nica was hit with a 5.9 magnitude earthquake on Monday, and then a stronger a 6.4-magnitude quake near Ponce early Tuesday morning. The earthquakes and several strong aftershocks collapsed buildings, is blamed for one death and at least eight injured people. <\/p>\n\n\n

Puerto Ricans in Connecticut and the island took to social media expressing concern over more quakes and helping a community still dealing with the devastation left by Hurricane Maria in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n

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