FEMA restores deleted Puerto Rico stats after uproar

[DonViejo]

BY JOSH DELK - 10/06/17 03:46 PM EDT

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has restored statistics on its website on Puerto Rico's access to water and electricity following outrage over their removal, The Washington Post reports.

The agency posted the updated statistics on Puerto Rico's recovery on Friday after drawing criticism for inexplicably removing them on Thursday morning.

FEMA's website now reports that 9.2 percent of Puerto Ricans have access to power, after Hurricane Maria wiped out the island's entire electrical grid. More than half of Puerto Ricans now have access to clean drinking water through the territory's sewer authority, at 55.5 percent.

A FEMA spokesperson originally pointed the Post to the listing of the statistics on a web page run by the Puerto Rico governor's office, which was entirely in Spanish, but did not explain why the statistics had been removed.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/354290-fema-restores-deleted-puerto-rico-stats-after-uproar

[bettyellen]

1. And Maddow reported FEMA lied about helping out an accessible town ....

Claiming they'd have brought relief if only the roads were clear- they hadn't and they were. Trump is corrupting all those below him.

[Lucinda]

2. KNR