'Did great job in Puerto Rico' during hurricane Maria, gloats Trump
Donald Trump
In his response, Puerto Rico's governor Ricardo Rosselló issued a statement noting that Puerto Rico still requires work and help from the federal government to fully recover from last year's destruction.
US President Donald Trump, in a series of tweets on Wednesday, cautioned people and authorities on the approaching hurricane Florence. Trump also called for timely evacuations and preparedness.
In one of the tweets, the US President stated that the administration is braced up for the upcoming storm and recalled last years Hurricane Maria that ravaged Puerto Rico.
Trump received a scathing remark from the Peurto Rican governor for claiming that the administration, "did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico, even though an inaccessible island with very poor electricity and a totally incompetent Mayor of San Juan)".
He further added that the authorities are prepared for the "big one that is coming".
In his response, Puerto Rico's governor Ricardo Rosselló issued a statement noting that Puerto Rico still requires work and help from the federal government to fully recover from last year's destruction.
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In the statement, Rosselló described Puerto Rico as a "colony" stating that its relationship with the federal government can never be called successful.
"This was the worst natural disaster in our modern history. There is work that needs to be finished before we can completely move on to a different stage in the recovery," the statement read.
Updated NHC forecasts showed hurricane Florence lingering near the coast, bringing days of heavy rains that could bring intense inland flooding from South Carolina, where some areas could see as much as 40 inches (1m) of rain, to Virginia.
"This storm is big and it's vicious," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on NBC's "Today" Show on Wednesday. "Flooding is a significant risk here and often when there is flooding the people who can afford it the least get hit the most."
More than 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate the coastline of the three states, while university campuses, schools and factories were being shuttered.