Hurricane Fiona's unrelenting rains led to swollen rivers and washed out roads and bridges in many areas of Puerto Rico. It's isolated many mountain communities and slowed the recovery.
In the town of Orocovis, a mudslide blocked a major roadway, making it difficult for residents to get. A local construction company quickly got to work, removing tons of soil, vegetation and boulders that were blocking the road. By Thursday, a single lane had been cleared allowing some trucks containing food, water and fuel to reach the city.
Other roads in the area collapsed when the ground under them washed away. In Cacao, a small community of scattered homes in the mountains, hundreds of people were stranded when the road connecting them with Orocovis collapsed. Local authorities surveyed the damage, declared it unsafe and closed the road. But residents soon convinced them to open a temporary road so they could at least get into Orocovis.
Herbert Acosta, a civil engineer was part of crew working Thursday to stabilize the road."Right now, we are putting barriers on both sides to make it safe," he said. But he has concerns that more rain could bring additional flooding and lead to a total road collapse."We are going to monitor it every day," he said,"to see how it is."
The Department of Family of Puerto Rico and the National Guard distribute food at an intersection of the community of Orocovis.
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