President Joe Biden said he would provide more than $60 million in aid to help U.S. territory Puerto Rico as he headed to the island on Monday to survey damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.
The president has pledged the U.S. government's support for Puerto Rico as well as the states of Florida and South Carolina, which have also been hit hard in recent days by Hurricane Ian. Biden will travel to Florida on Wednesday.
Some residents of the island accused Trump of being slow to dispatch aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017. The funding will help "shore up levees and flood walls, and create a new flood warning system to help residents better prepare for future storms," Biden said in a Twitter post. Hundreds of thousands of people have struggled without power since Fiona hit Puerto Rico some two weeks ago.
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