Puerto Rico Hurricane Crisis Worsens: This Could Be Trump's Katrina

"It's been one week since Category 4 Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, destroying the entire island's communications infrastructure, power grid, and leaving thousands homeless. The humanitarian crisis in the storm's wake is growing by the hour.

Local officials on the island have been pleading for more help from the Trump administration, with San Juan's mayor calling for layers of red tape to be eliminated in order to better distribute aid to inland areas that have effectively been cut off from the rest of the island.

'This is a big S.O.S for anybody out there,' Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday night, 'a plea for this help, which is right here, to get moving.'

Cruz said many rescuers on the ground were waiting for orders of where and how to respond."

Andrew Freedman reports for Mashable September 27, 2017.

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