L.A. Will Assist Puerto Rico on Power Repairs
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The City of Los Angeles will dispatch several experts from the Department of Water and Power to Puerto Rico early next week to help repair damage caused by Hurricane Hugo, Mayor Tom Bradley announced Friday.
“Puerto Rico suffered a tremendous devastation to their power system,” Bradley said at a City Hall press conference. “They desperately need our help.”
After an advance team arrives in Puerto Rico to assess the damage, as many as 20 more people will be sent to help, according to Barnard V. Palk, assistant chief engineer in the department.
Also Friday, Irving Margol, chairman of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Red Cross, made a plea for donations of money to help replenish funds spent on the hurricane and other disasters this year.
The Red Cross has opened shelters in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and sent disaster relief specialists to the devastated areas, Margol said. The Los Angeles chapter also has sent 650 personal sanitation kits to Puerto Rico, he said.
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