Puerto Rico hurricane victims still need help. Here’s what you can do
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Nearly seven weeks after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, more than half of the island remains without power.
Puerto Rico’s state-owned power authority, PREPA, is working to rebuild the electrical infrastructure decimated by the Category 5 storm, but 60 percent of the island is still without power. Some residents might not see their power restored until early 2018, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite of the Army Corps of Engineers told 60 Minutes.
PREPA recently cancelled a $300 million deal with a small Montana firm called Whitefish Energy, after backlash over whether the firm, which had only two employees the day Maria made landfall, could rebuild the island’s power grid.
Water is also hard to find. Puerto Rico reports 85 percent of the island’s water meters are working, but many residents continue to collect water from creeks at the risk of acquiring waterborne diseases, according to USA Today.
Congress has approved nearly $5 billion in disaster aid for Puerto Rico, but more will be needed for the island to fully recover. At a hearing Tuesday before the House Natural Resources Committee, Natalie Jaresko, head of financial oversight and management board for Puerto Rico, said the territory will need an unprecedented level of help — between $13 billion to $21 billion over the next two years — to recover from the hurricane and keep the government running amid a fiscal crisis. An analysis by Moody’s estimates the total recovery effort could reach $95 billion.
Individuals and organizations came forward in droves to help the island when the hurricane first hit, but thousands on the island are still without basic necessities. Here are some of the campaigns still offering support, and how you can help: