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US Cities Demand Federal Help As They Brace For Influx Of 100,000s Of Puerto Ricans

US Cities Demand Federal Help As They Brace For Influx Of 100,000s Of Puerto Ricans

As the disaster-relief effort enters its second week, air traffic is slowly resuming, which means hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans will likely flee the devastated island to stay with friends and relatives in the continental US as they wait for FEMA to rebuild roads, repair power grids and and revive the island's communications infrastructure – a process that could take months, if not longer.