Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, March 26, 2018 - Public Service Announcement explaining "What is FEMA?" with the help of an American Sign Language interpreter. FEMA/Eliezer Hernandez
Video by Eliezer Hernandez - Mar 26, 2018
Mayor Roberto Cedeno is the 74-year old Mayor of Lares. We follow him from picking up food and water at the FEMA Regional Staging Area to Lares where the mayor's team distributes house to house. A thunderstorm erupts and we take shelter in the Lares Hospital where we find they have less than five hours of diesel fuel remaining. Using our SAT phone we call in the information and in less than two hours the diesel generator is filled with fuel....
As a nor’easter approaches the New York City area Wednesday into Thursday, FEMA will temporarily shut down Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers. Fixed Disaster Recovery Centers will maintain their normal hours of operation. Also included in this release are useful tips to help NYC-area residents remain safe during tomorrow’s severe winter weather event.
