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states. what is a governor supposed to do? they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. make sure that no one s homeless, no one s hungry, and make sure that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. hurricane fiona, this massive storm, might drop 30 inches of rain on puerto rico before it moves on. and already, we are seeing scenes like this on your screen. flooded rivers tearing away bridges and making matters worse, no power. the island s entire electric grid is offline. it failed and plunged 3 million americans into darkness, hours before fiona made landfall. and puerto rico s main energy supplier says power will most likely be out for days. fema s assistant administrator for response and recovery told me just a short time ago, that more than 300 fema responders were already on the ground before the storm hit. let s bring in cnn meteorologist karen maginnis, monitor ....
our hearts go out to you. i think it is such a beautiful way for it to be sent off with people around and people here for days and days. that is exactly what she wanted. and this is a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. it is an all hands on deck moment. they re coming into southern states. what is a governor supposed to do. they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. to make sure that no one is homeless and hungry and that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin hurricane fiona is punishing puerto rico the entire island now completely without power. the category 1 storm made landfall this afternoon and is wreaking havoc with heavy winds an rainment and look at this video showing what some of the flash flooding has already done in some areas. we have layla santiago in san juan and first to you, what is the situation there on the ground? w ....
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Parts of the county such as in ft. myers and sanibel island is simply put breathtaking. floridians who evacuated have started returning only to find their homes and communities unrecognizable and daunting cleanup ahead. boats flung to the middle of streets, even into people s yards. who do you even call to get a boat out of your yard? additional deaths have been discovered as search and rescue efforts remain under way five full days after the hurricane hit florida. governor desantis saying more than 1600 people have been rescued so far. today the sheriff of lee county defended the decision to wait until just one day, one day, before landfall before ordering a mandatory evacuation. on the one hand, the bull s-eye had been predicted to be farther north toward tampa bay and st. petersburg. in fact the center of the storm never tracked within 20 miles of ft. myers. on the other hand as early as the sunday before the storm hit, ....
Generation and power missions for critical facilities that we work with the army corps of energies on. and the other is to ensure that the command and control structure is in place to allow all of the emergency protective measures that need to be undertaken to support this hurricane, ken. things like search and rescue, things like emergency power generation, long-term needs, as we move into the recovery for residents and communities. we will be there. and it s worth noting, too, president biden overnight signed an emergency declaration that authorizes all of these emergency protective measures to occur. and that was signed before the storm hit puerto rico. which is part of the proactive stance we take here at fema and the administration across the board. and tonight, millions of people in puerto rico face life life-threatening flash flooding and mud slides. everyone on the island except emergency workers are being urged to stay home. chef jose andres world ....