Officials are fanning out across Puerto Rico to gauge the damage inflicted by Hurricane Fiona
View of a house that was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico — — City worker Carmen Medina walked purposefully through the working-class community of Tranquility Village under a brutal sun, with clipboard, survey forms and pen in hand — part of a small army of officials trying to gauge the scope of disaster caused by Hurricane Fiona's strike on Puerto Rico.
Pockets of water still bulged from her ceiling Friday in what had been a newly painted house, and Ortiz listed what she could recall of her lost furniture and other goods. Puerto Rico’s government has said it expects to have a preliminary estimate of the damage Fiona caused in roughly two weeks. “We’re starting from scratch,” said Carmen Rivera as she and her wife mopped up water and threw away their damaged appliances, adding to piles of rotting furniture and soggy mattresses lining their street.
For some, it was more than just about financial loss as people used the chance to describe their stress as well.
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