Biden approved!Puerto Rico issued an emergency statement

CCTV News, the White House issued a statement on September 18, local time, US President Biden approved the emergency state of Puerto Rico and ordered the federal government to provide assistance to help Puerto Rico respond to the disaster caused by the tropical storm "Fiona".

According to the statement, Biden authorized the Ministry of Land and Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Affairs Administration (FEMA) to coordinate all disaster relief work and provide federal funds to help local disaster relief.

In September 2017, in eastern Puerto Rico, after the hurricane, his family was four walls. Picture source: Xinhua News Agency

According to Reuters reported on September 17th local time, the tropical storm "Fiona" moved when moving to Puerto Rico on the same day. There are "life -threatening floods and mudslides." The Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Peer Louisi announced on the 17th that Puerto Rico entered an emergency.

The National Hurricane Center said that as of the afternoon of the 17th, the maximum continuous wind speed of "Fiona" was 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour. It is expected that it will become a hurricane on the evening of the 18th and 18th, and move into Puerto Rico. area.

It is reported that due to the large -scale power outage caused by the hurricane "Maria" in September 2017, Puerto Rico's power grid is still fragile, so local residents are preparing to deal with the severe power outage that "Fiona" will bring. At present, the local government has opened about 80 refuge, closed the beaches and casinos, and urged residents to seek refuge for refuge.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Puerto Rico, located in the Caribbean, was originally a Spanish colony. After the US and Spain War in 1898, Puerto Rico was cut to the United States. At present, Puerto Rico has the status of US federal territory, enjoys internal autonomy, and elected the Governor and legislature. However, unlike the state in the United States, although the Puerto Ricans have US citizenship, they can only participate in the preliminary election of the US presidential election and cannot participate in the general election; although the Puerto Ricans do not need to pay the US federal income tax, compared to the state of the United States, Puerto Rico has obtained the Federal Federal Institute Less funding.

Since the 1960s, Puerto Rico has been held in Puerto Rico in the status of the United States. In the first three referees, the 51st state plan in the United States was rejected. In the fourth referee in 2012, although more than half of the voters made decisions in favor of "the 51st state in the United States", more than one -third of voters did not make decisions, so the legitimacy of this result was questioned.

On June 11, 2017 local time, the fifth national referendum was held with the status relationship with the United States, in order to decide to become the 51st state in the United States, maintaining the status quo or independence.

The voting results show that more than 97%of voters support Puerto Rico to form a state in the United States, supporting voters who support and support the status quo of the US federal territorial status, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively.

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