Boston Globe: Warren, Markey join other senators in requesting an update on Puerto Rico from federal agencies
On Wednesday morning, about 140,000 Mass. utility customers were left without power in the wake of a nor’easter that brought whipping winds and heavy snow to the region. But on the same day, a similar number of residents were without power in Puerto Rico — except they have been in the dark for six months.
This week, five senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts, expressed their own concern about the US territory in a letter to federal officials about efforts to restore electricity on the island, where more than 130,000 residents are still without power.
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“Federal and local responders have struggled to provide relief to citizens living in the mountainous, more sparely populated regions of central Puerto Rico, where transporting supplies and vehicles is more difficult than in coastal towns,” the senators wrote in the letter. “Without power, hard-to-reach areas have struggled to access clean water and preserve food, leading some areas and schools to disconnect from the PREPA [Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority] grid entirely.”
Read the full article on the Boston Globe website here.
By: Felicia Gans
Source: Boston Globe
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