A Rutgers University-Camden professor, recently returned from a fact-finding mission to storm-devastated Puerto Rico, says the federal government has failed the island.
As soon as Hurricane Maria barreled through Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm in September, city officials stepped into action to prepare for an influx of families.
Close to 400 volunteers from law enforcement and other state agencies went to Puerto Rico to help residents there recover from the damage caused by two powerful hurricanes.
During a 75-minute "Edit-A-Thon," hosted by the school's Digital Studies Center, students worked on creating digital maps of the region to indicate where buildings once stood and who may be cut off from access.
The head of Ultima Smart Systems said he couldn't get a flight into the country to help his family after getting a short call from his mother during which she was crying.
Nearly 100 dogs and cats from Puerto Rico arrived in New Jersey on Friday night as 1,100 police officers, National Guard troops and OEM staff head off to help with hurricane relief.
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