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Trump Declares Emergency for Puerto Rico Following Earthquake

HeadlineJan 08, 2020

President Trump has signed an emergency declaration for Puerto Rico, after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake killed at least one person and sparked a massive power outage that plunged nearly the entire population into darkness Tuesday. It’s the largest earthquake to hit Puerto Rico in more than 100 years and follows a series of strong quakes that have rattled the island in recent days. Flattened homes and inoperable power plants have left nearly 350 people homeless and at least 300,000 without drinking water. This is one Puerto Rico resident, Josefina Betancourt Pacheco.

Josefina Betancourt Pacheco: “Horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible. Everything fell on top of us. We went out to the street, and getting there was an odyssey because everything had fallen on the road. It’s really hard to see so many houses around you on the ground. It’s not easy, but, to the glory of God, we’re alive.”

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