Massachusetts ‘sister community’ in Puerto Rico still hurting days after 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Guu00e1nica,
“We’re sister communities
According to The Hill, both Gov. Wanda Vu00e1squez and President
“We are OK. We don’t have [any] power [or] electricity,”
“The people are afraid to enter their homes,” said Guu00e1nica Mayor
According to Seda, there are more than 174 homes in the town, and approximately 50 have completely collapsed, with the rest being damaged and close to collapsing.
“Some cities don’t have water like Yauco, Guayanilla [and] Guanica,” said Santiago on Thursday. “People are coming from those cities are camping here in
Lesser posted a tweet on Thursday in solidarity with the islanders.
“A lot of our community members have close ties, family or friends on the island and are often traveling back and forth," said Lesser. "For personal reasons, for business and a whole lot of other things, so it's really a community that we're close to as a commonwealth.”
There has been a long history of close ties with the island from the
It was estimated by Gov. Charlie Baker’s Deputy Communications Officer
“If in a similar way to what happened with Hurricane Maria, if we see an influx of people or an increase in people coming to
One of the most damaging earthquakes occurred in
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