MIAMI – When Cubs outfielder Nelson Velázquez called home on Tuesday, he learned the electricity at his mom’s house in Carolina, Puerto Rico had been restored. But now, the running water was shut off. He’s been checking in with his family every day since Hurricane Fiona made landfall on Sunday.
“Maybe one day they have electricity and another they have water, instead of everything going away,” he said in a conversation with the Sun-Times. “But everything at my house is good. They’re doing OK.”
Most of the island experienced a loss of running water and electricity. The storm ripped the roofs off houses and flooded residences and airports alike.