'Minimal' Damage to Communications in Puerto Rico and USVI from Dorian So Far, Says FCC Report
Damage to communications in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands “appears to be minimal,” said the FCC’s Thursday communications status report on Hurricane Dorian as of 11:30 a.m. EDT. “Typically, the worst effects of a hurricane are not felt…
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until one or two days after the hurricane passes through.” No public safety answering points were reported down or rerouted, and 1 percent of cellsites were out of service in the affected area. Some 6,167 cable and wireline subscribers were listed as out of service in Puerto Rico, and 419 in the U.S. Virgin Islands. No broadcasters were reported off-air. The White House approved a declaration of emergency for the U.S. Virgin Islands, said a news release Wednesday evening. President Donald Trump OK'd one for Puerto Rico Wednesday as well. And the FCC activated the disaster information reporting system for both territories (see 1908280012).