Fema Tells A Skeptical Puerto Rico This Time It Won T Be Like Hurricane Maria
As the slow-moving storm headed north after a punishing push across the island, top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials made repeated promises: It won’t be like last time. FEMA, they insisted, is far better prepared for Fiona than it was in 2017, when Maria hit Puerto Rico, plunging the island into one of the largest blackouts in US history and claiming thousands of lives. In an after-action report, the agency admitted systemic failures during the humanitarian crisis....