Water pressure for our fire suppression systems, for example. we ve been using water tankers, et cetera. but now that we re hooked back up to utility water, we want to make sure we have the stability of those walter supplies before we stop any type of evacuations. dr. larry antonucci, ceo and president of lee health, thank you very much. we ll be checking back in. president biden and first lady dr. jill biden will be traveling to puerto rico this morning to visit those impacted by hurricane fiona, which left at least 25 people dead. joining us live from puerto rico, nbc news correspondent gabe guterres. what can we expect from the president s visit today? reporter: mika, good morning. we re here in puerto rico. power crews are hard at work trying to restore power to some of the neighborhoods. according to luma energy, the private consortium that took
From people, and luma energy, the private company that took over power transmission here in puerto rico last year says it has restored electricity to 93% of customers on the island. that s good news for many puerto ricans. but some of these communities, and some of the hardest-hit regions, in the southwestern part of island, they are still dealing with no power and they don t know when it might be restored. and some local mayors even took it upon themselves to contract private electricians to actually restore the power in these municipalities because they did not want to wait for luma energy. i spoke with a company official this morning, he said that was not a good idea. he says that was unsafe and put his crews in danger. but it gives you a sense of just some of the frustration among puerto ricans here. president biden walking into that. he is expected to announce another $60 million in funding to shore up some of the defenses that this island has, to better protect against future sto
Brewster and erin mclaughlin in florida. and apologies for interruptions if we see president biden speak in puerto rico. let s talk about the progress or lack there of for rebuilding in puerto rico. as we await president biden s remarks, let me show you the situation here, at least some parts of southwestern puerto rico, this is san germane, about an hour drive west of where the president landed a short time ago. the good news is throughout the island, luma energy says about 93% of customers have had electricity restored but as you can see, there is still a lot of damage here, and some of the more rural communities are still dealing with power outages. this is a washed-out road. part of road just collapsed here. a wall of water that came crashing through here. and one resident we spoke with a short time ago said she was trapped in her house for at least a day and is still desperate, has no power, and her
President Joe Biden will travel to Puerto Rico on Monday and Florida on Wednesday to survey the damage there after vowing to commit the full strength of the federal government to recovery efforts in the wake of two devastating hurricanes.
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