{"id":1670956,"date":"2022-10-04T00:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670956"},"modified":"2022-10-04T00:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:20:56","slug":"biden-pledges-60-million-in-aid-to-puerto-rico-after-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pledges-60-million-in-aid-to-puerto-rico-after-hurricane\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Pledges $60 Million in Aid to Puerto Rico After Hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-pledges-60-million-in-aid-to-puerto-rico-after-hurricane%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe\u00a0Biden\u00a0on Monday pledged $60 million in aid for Puerto\u00a0Rico while visiting after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-hurricane-fiona\">Hurricane Fiona<\/a> devastated the island as a Category 1 storm around two weeks ago, leaving most without power.<\/p>\n<p>The president and first lady met with Puerto Rican residents impacted by Fiona on Monday, two weeks after the storm ravaged the island on Sept. 18, dumping 30 inches of rain, and tearing up roads, water pipes, and power lines.<\/p>\n<p>Once on the ground in\u00a0Ponce, a city on the southern side of the island,\u00a0Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1577011433040117763?s=20&amp;t=Ossnrm_w8L_rgeSuvQwvTw\">said<\/a> he came\u00a0in person with First Lady Jill Biden to show\u00a0Puerto\u00a0Ricans that \u201call of\u00a0America\u2019s\u00a0with you as you receive and recover and rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Fiona made landfall in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-puerto-rico\">Puerto Rico<\/a> as a Category 1 on Sept. 18, leaving most people without power and around 13 dead, according to Puerto Rico\u2019s Department of Health (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salud.gov.pr\/CMS\/DOWNLOAD\/6613\">pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who was joined by\u00a0FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell,\u00a0said the $60 million he announced Monday is earmarked to help rebuild coastal regions.<\/p>\n<p>The $60 million will go toward shoring up levees and flood walls and creating a new flood warning system to help residents better prepare for future storms, Biden further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1576980398596411393?s=20&amp;t=Ossnrm_w8L_rgeSuvQwvTw\">said<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/04\/2022-10-03T090733Z_1_LYNXMPEI920EL_RTROPTP_4_STORM-FIONA-PUERTO-RICO-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Cars drive under a downed power pole in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 21, 2022. (Ricardo Arduengo\/Reuters) <\/p>\n<h2 data-beat=\"1\" data-beat-topper=\"1\">Cost of Recovery <\/p>\n<p data-beat=\"1\" data-beat-topper=\"1\">Fiona struck Puerto Rico a week before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-hurricane-ian\">Hurricane Ian<\/a> ravaged Florida as a Category 4 storm before moving north to the Carolinas as a weakened hurricane.<\/p>\n<p data-beat=\"1\" data-beat-topper=\"1\">The disaster recovery in those states is expected to cost tens of billions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-title topper__title news\" data-beat=\"1\" data-beat-topper=\"1\">White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre clarified that while the $60 million was nowhere near the estimated costs of Ian in Florida and the Carolinas, it would help with \u201cspecific pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-title topper__title news\" data-beat=\"1\" data-beat-topper=\"1\">She noted the $60 million is on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe\u00a0Biden\u00a0on Monday pledged $60 million in aid for Puerto\u00a0Rico while visiting after Hurricane Fiona devastated the island as a Category 1 storm around two weeks ago, leaving most without power. 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