challenges. the hurricane and now the storm, the related storm has impacted the whole island so we re still in the middle of this event. we re basically responding at this point. the next step will be recovery. we re not there yet. the gas stations are busy. lines are forming. people coming to get gas, diesel to power those generators they need to be able to turn the lights on at home since there is no power, but the governor says he expects that by tomorrow night a good chunk of the island will have power restored. one big exception though, the southern part of the island, one of the heaviest hit areas in puerto rico now. layla santiago, cnn, puerto rico. florida governor ron desantis reacting to a lawsuit just filed by the migrants that he flew to martha s vineyard. and a quarter of a billion
power or water restored any time soon. the national guard showed us how mudslides have limited access in those areas. they re trying to clear those out to get in any sort of relief supplies that they can get to those who still don t have power and water. very rough, very difficult. we have some road that got block. the part of the road in the beginning when you coming up collapse. so now we have only little pass to come up and to come down. power, we know that, you know, we re going to face that and we can deal with that, but the biggest concern is water. can t live without water. more help is on the way. new york has said it will be sending 100 troopers to help in relief efforts on the island. layla santiago on the ground for us. just ahead, the fema chief will
christina? we hope for residents of bermuda it does stay west. across the caribbean at least five deaths have been found. puerto rico has restored power to 300,000 customers but more than a million remain without power amid a difficult cleanup. layla santiago spoke to residents still in need of the most basic supplies. reporter: fiona wiped out power to the roughly 3.1 million residents here. 60% without water and 1200 people housed in shelters. five years ago puerto rico was ravaged by hurricane maria now barely recovered from that catastrophic storm, the island and its people are suffering again. officials say at least two have died on the island as a result of the storm. one man swept away by a flooded river and another man died while
in puerto rico are without running water, power and shelter in the aftermath of hurricane fiona as hundreds of fema personnel are deployed to the island. fema s administrator already on the ground to assess the damage and try to determine what other resources are going to be needed. cnn s layla santiago has more. reporter: hurricane fiona wiping out power to the majority of 3.1 million residents. 60% without water and 1200 people housed in shelters. five years ago puerto rico was ravaged by hurricane maria. now barely back. two have died as a result of the storm. another man died while trying to fill his generator with gasoline setting it on fire. we traveled with the national guard as they cleared roles.
running. reporter: sunday morning president joe biden approving an emergency declaration for puerto rico that authorizes all emergency measures needed including fema. there s 300 first responders on the ground from fema working hand in glove with the emergency structure. reporter: it s not just the flooding, mudslides or power outages, also lots of folks dealing with not having water right now. the big question will be how quickly can crews get in to work on the power lines, to restore that power and open up some of the roads that have been damaged by the flooding. another another big thing to mention, it has now been five years since hurricane maria struck the island so a lot of folks that are seeing these images that are seeing it right before them unfold are having flashbacks to hurricane maria, the disaster that really decimated this island five years ago. layla santiago, cnn, san juan, puerto rico. all right. thank you for that, layla. president biden promising