Federal Support to Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
The top priority of the federal government is continuing to provide life safety and life sustaining resources to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The federal government’s full attention is on the Hurricane Maria response. Well before it made landfall in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, federal resources were staged to arrive as quickly as possible.
FEMA and its federal partners continue 24-hour operations to reach inaccessible areas of Puerto Rico to reach survivors,... read more
The top priority of the federal government is continuing to provide life safety and life sustaining resources to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The federal government’s full attention is on the Hurricane Maria response. Well before it made landfall in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, federal resources were staged to arrive as quickly as possible.
FEMA and its federal partners continue 24-hour operations to reach inaccessible areas of Puerto Rico to reach survivors, provide fuel to hospitals, re-open critical infrastructure, and coordinate response and recovery efforts.
While progress is being made in the response to Hurricane Maria, recovery for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will be long and frustrating, and will require the help of the whole community.
The catastrophic storm damage, travel distance to the Islands as well as substantial impacts to air and sea ports, presents complex challenges requiring a phased approach to the delivery of personnel, resources, equipment to move the resources, and lodging for responders.
There are thousands of federal staff, including more than 600 FEMA personnel, on the ground in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands engaged in response and recovery operations from Hurricanes Maria and Irma. Hundreds of additional federal personnel are supporting response and recovery operations through mainland coordination centers and logistics facilities.
FEMA, DoD, and their federal partners were in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands before Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit. We there throughout the recovery from these storms. show less
