President Biden approved an emergency declaration in Puerto Rico, where Ernesto, now a Category 1 hurricane, has left hundreds of thousands without electricity and caused widespread flooding.
Puerto Rico remained under a tropical storm watch as Ernesto turned into a Category 1 hurricane late Wednesday morning. Alarms began ringing in the municipality of Toa Baja on Wednesday morning, warning residents who live in the western part of the town to evacuate their homes as incessant rain from Ernesto overflowed the main river there, exposing more families to dangerous floods. The National Weather Service in San Juan warned that while Ernesto is located north of Puerto Rico, the U.S.
She's one of about a dozen residents who arrived at the town's shelter voluntarily late Wednesday morning. It had no power and personnel working at the shelter were trying to get a generator going. At least 375 people were in shelters islandwide as of 9:30 a.m. AST, according to data published in the Puerto Rico Emergency Portal System.
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