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The largest airport in Puerto Rico is still crippled almost a week after Hurricane Maria. People in Puerto Rico are still struggling from Hurricane Maria.

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The largest airport in Puerto Rico is still crippled almost a week after Hurricane Maria.

Passengers hoping to escape the devastation have packed the main terminal, which has noair conditioning since it's running on limited emergency power.

The conditions were intolerable, said David Mannasmith, an Ohio insurance adjustor who works surveying areas hit by natural disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes. He and his wife Amber were in Puerto Rico for their third anniversary.

They rode Maria out at their resort and left for the airport Friday morning hoping to come home. Instead, they spent four days there, sleeping on hard floors, with little food and water -- and heat and humidity that made it feel like it was over 100 degrees.

Related: Apocalyptic' devastation in Puerto Rico, and little help in sight

"There was one vendor that was open, selling bottled water, very limited food," he said. "Everything was operating on a cash only basis. Fortunately we had taken out a lot of cash. A lot of people, some with small children, were running out of cash."

Mannasmith said he was told several times he and his wife would be able to get on the next flight only to lose out. Finally on Monday morning they got on a flight to Miami.

"We were drenched by the time we reached the plane. The air conditioning was the best part," he said. He said he felt bad for all the other passengers left behind.

"There are people we stood on line with for four days, and they're still there," he said. "And they're getting no help."

There are a limited number of flights in and out of the island because of damage to radar and other equipment, airport authorities told CNNMoney. On Monday there were only 10 commercial flights between San Juan and the mainland United States, with 10 more scheduled for Tuesday,

Airlines have started flying larger than normal planes to handle as many passengers as possible on the few flights that can get in and out.

Authorities hope to resume international flights on Wednesday. They had originally aimed to do so on Monday.

At the same time, many more military, charter and relief operation jets are also flying in and out of the airport, according to the FAA.

Commercial airlines are operating many of those relief flights, carrying tons of needed supplies, including bottled water and non-perishable food, medicine, blankets, cots, electrical generators and blood for the Red Cross.

And they are sending volunteers to help with relief and recovery, many of whom are airline employees with family on the island.

United and Southwest Airlines said they are only operating humanitarian relief flights in and out of the island -- no passenger flights. United's flights have carried 50 pallets of blankets and other supplies for the Red Cross, and nearly 40 tons of water, food, diapers, rope, tarps, and 50 power generators. The relief flights are returning with as many people as they can get on the plane, United said.

But conditions in the airport are very difficult. Airlines are having difficultyprinting out boarding passes that fliers need to go through TSA checkpoints and board flights.

TSA said that some of its equipment has been damaged by the storms, so some screening is being done by hand. The TSA said it is bringing in about 1,100 staff members to work in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and other areas affected by the hurricanes that have slammed U.S. territories over the past month. It said 500 of those employees will deal with the more time consuming screening procedures, with the rest assisting in relief efforts. It is advising that passengers allow two hours for screening.

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, Sept. 20, two weeks after Hurricane Irma hit the islands before battering Florida. Late last month, Hurricane Harvey caused widespread damage along Texas and Louisiana's Gulf Coast.

Related: Hurricane Maria is a nightmare for Puerto Rico's economy

The airport in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands has yet to resume commercial flights. The tower there was damaged by Hurricane Irma, and the FAA brought in the mobile tower to help manage traffic. But it had to take that tower back to the mainland ahead of Hurricane Maria to protect it from damage.

The FAA airlifted a mobile air traffic control tower back to St. Thomas over the weekend to support relief and recovery missions there.

Finding housing in St. Thomas for airport staff is has also been a challenge. The controllers who staff the tower in St. Thomas are being shuttled back and forth to San Juan every day.

-- CNN's Gregory Wallace contributed to this report.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 26, 2017: 10:41 AM ET

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Puerto Rico's main airport is barely functioning

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Passengers hoping to escape the devastation have packed the main terminal, which has noair conditioning since it's running on limited emergency power. The conditions were intolerable, said David Mannasmith, an Ohio insurance adjustor who works surveying areas hit by natural disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes.

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A new kind or rat has been discovered throughout the world

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The rare animal looks more like a cute cross between a squirrel and a possum than a large rat. Local rumors describe it as a tree-dwelling creature that can crack coconuts open with its two front teeth.

A new study released in the Journal of Mammology on Wednesday includes details and images of the lone vika that researchers were able to observe on Vangunu Island.

Tyrone Lavery, a post-doctoral researcher at The Field Museum in Chicago and the lead author of the study, first heard rumors about vika during his first visit to Vangunu in 2010 and kept returning to the island, in search of it. The search became a race against time because deforestation was taking away vika's habitat -- the canopy of the island's rainforest.

Lavery had two little clues along the way. The mention of "vika" in anthropologist Edvard Hviding's dictionary of the Marovo language, written 20 years ago, and when a team from the Australian Museum in Sydney went looking for the rat in 1992, nuts and coconuts with little holes cut out of them to extract the "meat" could be found on the island.

The rats had also become part of the local culture itself, appearing in songs and children's rhymes.

"Many of the native rodents found in Solomon Islands are featured in the culture of local people," Lavery said. "People at Zaira [village on Vangunu Island] have a really detailed knowledge of this species that has been passed down over centuries through the oral history that is very strong in Melanesia."

But vika remained elusive.

The incredibly tall trees of the forest made the creature almost impossible to find. This required traps placed in the canopy and spotlighting -- both difficult in the dense rainforest. And the species itself seemed rare.

An unfortunate accident revealed the creature for the first time in late 2015 to Lavery's co-author,Hikuna Judge, a wildlife ranger from the Zaira Conservation Area -- a conservation area run by the Zaira village.

"It was taken from a tree that was cut down in forests that were being logged by a commercial company," Lavery said. "It was injured when the tree was cut down and unfortunately died a short time after."

Judge saw the animal while it was still alive and the research teamknew it was different than the other eight known species of rat that can be found in the Solomon Islands.

Unique biology

The unique features of vika include orange-brown fur, short, round ears, a smooth tail with fine scales and broad back feet that enable it to walk along branches, Lavery said. It weighs just over 2 pounds and measures a foot and half in length. When compared to the average rat you might see in the city -- which weighs less than half a pound -- it's no wonder vika is considered a giant rat.

It is closely related to three species of rat on the Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands: the ground-dwelling silvery emperor rat and red Guadalcanal rat, as well as the tree-dwelling silvery king rat. All of these rats have smooth tails with small scales on them.

If these sound odd, it's to be expected among the animals found in the Solomon Islands. The network of islands about 1,000 miles northwest of Australia are isolated, but rich in species diversity.

'Goldilocks zone'

The Solomon Islands are in the "Goldilocks zone" -- not too close but not too far away from New Guinea, which is quite diverse. It is believed that the ancestors of some of the rare animals that can only be found living in the Solomon Islands, like vika, migrated from the island of New Guinea or Australia by rafting on vegetation.

Once arriving in the Solomon Islands, they evolved into a new species that adapted to the environment.

Researchers still have many questions they want to answer about vika after finding just one of the species, but they are encouraged by the discovery.

"We had been working hard to find this animal," Lavery said. "Now that we have finally documented it, we hope it will attract additional support for the Zaira conservation area on southern Vangunu. Our best hope to preserve this animal is to support Zaira village. They are a community right next to where this species was found and they are very determined to preserve their forest against logging.

He believes the discovery is important because it has documented an unknown mammal that can now be classified on the IUCN Red List [of Threatened Species] to help work outways to save it, and seek financial support from donor agencies. "It is also important in the context of the Solomon Islands. Prior to this, the Western Province was a big gap where no other species of rat where known to occur, so this helps us to understand how mammals evolved and diversified on these islands," he said.

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75,000 evacuate as Bali Volcano could be hours away from erupting

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As Mount Agung in Bali is shaken by unprecedented levels of seismic activity and 75,000 people evacuate from the surrounding area, local officials are warning the volcano could erupt in "a matter of hours."

Authorities have already ordered the evacuation of villagers living within a high danger zone that in places extends 7.5 miles from Mount Agung's crater.

"Instrumentally we have never recorded such high energy or seismicity from Mount Agung," Devy Kamil Syahbana, a seismologist from Indonesia's center for volcanology and geological hazard mitigation, told the Guardian.

Data showed that Mount Agung experienced 844 volcanic earthquakes on Monday, and 300 to 400 earthquakes by midday on Tuesday, he said.

"We need to pay attention because these kinds of earthquakes indicate the movement of magma and increase the probability of an eruption," Syahbana said.

Mount Agung last erupted in 1963, killing about 1,100 people.

Pak Kasbani, the head of the volcanology centre, told local media that if tremors continued, an eruption - the first in more than half a century - could be a "matter of hours" away.

Evacuees are taking shelter at more than 370 sites across the island that include temporary camps, sport centers, village halls and the houses of friends and relatives.

Villager Wayan Merta said he was among the first to evacuate last week because his village, Selat, is just four miles from the summit.
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"We have already sold our cattle, because we thought it was better than leaving them there for nothing," he said. "My feeling is the mountain will erupt. But no one knows, we just pray."

Sutopo said it was "natural" people outside the immediate danger zone are leaving. More than 500,000 people evacuated when Mount Merapi in central Java erupted in 2010, more than double the population in the exclusion zone around that volcano, he said.

In 1963, Agung hurled ash as high as 12 miles and remained active about a year. Lava traveled 4.7 miles and ash reached Jakarta, about 620 miles away.

"This is the heaviest test in my live and hopefully it will end soon," said Ketut Suliasih, a Selat villager.

She said evacuees are being treated well by the government and community, but like others she is fearful about the future.

"No eruption. That is my prayer," she said. "Otherwise, our farms would not be able to be planted again."

In a televised news conference, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said "the highest priority is the safety of our people" and urged those around Mount Agung to follow the instructions of authorities.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Bali volcano eruption could be 'hours' away as 75,000 evacuate

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As Mount Agung in Bali is shaken by unprecedented levels of seismic activity and 75,000 people evacuate from the surrounding area, local officials are warning the volcano could erupt in "a matter of hours." Authorities have already ordered the evacuation of villagers living within a high danger zone that in places extends 7.5 miles from Mount Agung's crater.

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Trump calls into a talk show to rant about a senator.

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President Trump called on the NFL Tuesday to change its own rules to prohibit kneeling during the national anthem, while taking on the Dallas Cowboys directly for their protest during Monday Night Football.

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Not even Monday Night Football is safe from the Trump vs. NFL feud.

After the Dallas Cowboys -- including owner Jerry Jones -- kneeled before the national anthem ahead of their game against the Arizona Cardinals, President Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday blasting the demonstration and declaring there is "great anger" in the stands over these spectacles.

"The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the entire Dallas team dropped to its knees, was loudest I have ever heard. Great anger," the president said.

However, he added: "But while Dallas dropped to its knees as a team, they all stood up for our National Anthem. Big progress being made-we all love our country!"

The ratings-focused president also suggested that viewers at this point are largely tuning in to see who kneels, and then tuning out.

"Ratings for NFL football are way down except before game starts, when people tune into see whether or not our country will be disrespected!" Trump tweeted early Tuesday.
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The Cardinals stood with their arms locked as well on Monday night -- but in the end zone, as a field-length American flag was unfurled. An announcer urged fans to lock arms with those seated next to them, "no matter the color of their jersey."

Jordin Sparks, former "American Idol" contestant, sang the "The Star-Spangled Banner" to the cheering crowd. ESPN does not typically televise the anthem during Monday Night Football.

The feud began on Friday night at Trump's rally in Alabama, when he called for players to be fired if they disrespected the flag.

"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say 'get that son of a b-off the field right now? Out! He's fired! He's fired!" Trump said to the crowd Friday, drawing criticism from multiple NFL players, as well as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

The White House defended the president's remarks on Monday, saying that it is "always appropriate" for the president of the United States to "defend" the flag and the anthem.

"This isn't about the president being against anyone. This is about the president and millions of Americans standing for something," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday. "Honoring the flag, the National Anthem, and the men and women who fought to defend it."

She added: "It is always appropriate for the president of this country to promote our flag, to promote our national anthem and ask people to respect it."

Brooke Singman is a Politics Reporter for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @brookefoxnews.

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Trump blasts Cowboys for kneeling, says fans are angry

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After the Dallas Cowboys -- including owner Jerry Jones -- kneeled before the national anthem ahead of their game against the Arizona Cardinals, President Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday blasting the demonstration and declaring there is great anger over these spectacles.

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Wife of former highschool football coach, Kelsey McCarter, 27 pleads guilty to 7 counts of statutory rape. She had sex with a 16 year old boy on her husbands team, and will face only 3 years in prison.

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The wife of former high school assistant football coach in Tennessee on Monday pleaded guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old boy who played on her husband's team.

Kelsey McCarter, 27, admitted guilt to all seven counts - including six charges of statutory rape - ahead of her trial.

McCarter decided to plead guilty to receive a lesser sentence, her attorney said. Doug Trant, the attorney, said she otherwise faced 38 years in prison.

She will now serve three years in prison but could qualify for release after serving 30 percent of the sentence.

"She made a mistake," Trant said after the hearing, according to The Knoxville News-Sentinel. "She'll move past it. She's young, and as you saw, her family is here in support of her. Her husband is strongly supportive of her."

"She's very sorry about what happened, she's sorry she put her family through this," he said.

McCarter faced charges for having sex with the 16-year-old high school student multiple times throughout 2015. the News-Sentinel reported that the acts took place at her home and while she was driving him to his mother's house.

Justin McCarter, the woman's husband, invited the boy and his brother to live in their house and mentor them following their behavioral problems, said the abused boy's mother.

Prosecutors said the woman also sent topless clip of herself to the student.

The husband resigned from his position as an assistant football coach last year.
The Associated Press Contributed to this report.

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Wife of ex HS football coach pleads guilty to sex with player

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The wife of former high school assistant football coach in Tennessee on Monday pleaded guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old boy who played on her husband's team. Kelsey McCarter, 27, admitted guilt to all seven counts - including six charges of statutory rape - ahead of her trial.

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Bali volcano eruption could be 'hours' away as 75,000 evacuate

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As Mount Agung in Bali is shaken by unprecedented levels of seismic activity and 75,000 people evacuate from the surrounding area, local officials are warning the volcano could erupt in "a matter of hours."

Authorities have already ordered the evacuation of villagers living within a high danger zone that in places extends 7.5 miles from Mount Agung's crater.

"Instrumentally we have never recorded such high energy or seismicity from Mount Agung," Devy Kamil Syahbana, a seismologist from Indonesia's center for volcanology and geological hazard mitigation, told the Guardian.

Data showed that Mount Agung experienced 844 volcanic earthquakes on Monday, and 300 to 400 earthquakes by midday on Tuesday, he said.

"We need to pay attention because these kinds of earthquakes indicate the movement of magma and increase the probability of an eruption," Syahbana said.

Mount Agung last erupted in 1963, killing about 1,100 people.

Pak Kasbani, the head of the volcanology centre, told local media that if tremors continued, an eruption - the first in more than half a century - could be a "matter of hours" away.

Evacuees are taking shelter at more than 370 sites across the island that include temporary camps, sport centers, village halls and the houses of friends and relatives.

Villager Wayan Merta said he was among the first to evacuate last week because his village, Selat, is just four miles from the summit.
Q&A: RUMBLING BALI VOLCANO LOOMS OVER TOURIST PARADISE
"We have already sold our cattle, because we thought it was better than leaving them there for nothing," he said. "My feeling is the mountain will erupt. But no one knows, we just pray."

Sutopo said it was "natural" people outside the immediate danger zone are leaving. More than 500,000 people evacuated when Mount Merapi in central Java erupted in 2010, more than double the population in the exclusion zone around that volcano, he said.

In 1963, Agung hurled ash as high as 12 miles and remained active about a year. Lava traveled 4.7 miles and ash reached Jakarta, about 620 miles away.

"This is the heaviest test in my live and hopefully it will end soon," said Ketut Suliasih, a Selat villager.

She said evacuees are being treated well by the government and community, but like others she is fearful about the future.

"No eruption. That is my prayer," she said. "Otherwise, our farms would not be able to be planted again."

In a televised news conference, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said "the highest priority is the safety of our people" and urged those around Mount Agung to follow the instructions of authorities.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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As Mount Agung in Bali is shaken by unprecedented levels of seismic activity and 75,000 people evacuate from the surrounding area, local officials are warning the volcano could erupt in "a matter of hours." Authorities have already ordered the evacuation of villagers living within a high danger zone that in places extends 7.5 miles from Mount Agung's crater.

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A baby girl was born with a full head of hair.

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A 12-week-old baby girl was born with a thick mop of hair and is drawing joyful compliments wherever her proud mom takes her.

Pixie Rose Masters was born on July 4 weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces and sporting a lustrous mane.

Mom Jennifer, 32, said she is yet to see a finer head of hair on any tiny tot.
BOY WITH RARE DISEASE TO SEND ROBOT TO SCHOOL IN HIS PLACE
"When she was born all the nurses on the ward were crowding round to have a look and saying 'look at all that hair,'" Jennifer, whose last name was not revealed, said.

"I definitely feel proud. My other two kids, Ryan and Kelsey, were both born with loads of hair but I think Pixie has outdone them both," she said. "People notice it and now I look at her and think 'she really does have a lot of hair.'"

"Everywhere we go people say 'I've never seen a baby with that much hair,'" Jennifer said.

Jennifer, of Farnworth, Lancs, admits to having had a lot of hair herself as a baby and thinks Pixie could have the most impressive locks of any tot in the borough.

"I think she probably does - it would have to be close thing," she said. "I've not seen any other baby with that amount of hair. Whenever there's an article about a baby with loads of hair my friends tag me in it."

Jennifer said she and her husband Kurtis, 27, don't have any special washing or combing routine for Pixie's hair.
WOMAN'S 'BABY BUMP' ACTUALLY A MASSIVE OVARIAN CYST
"I just leave it natural - I don't like messing with it," Jennifer said. "I'm scared of it falling out. I don't like combing it or putting any clips in it. She doesn't need anything anyway - it sticks up on its own."

Jennifer said Pixie was already aware her hair makes her the centre of attraction -despite only being born in July.

"She definitely realizes. Everyone runs their fingers through it and I sit there playing with it all the time," Jennifer said. "It's not just on top - it's at the back as well and you can tell it's going to be really thick."

Pixie was born with a rare condition called microtia - which only one in about 7,000 babies are born with.

It means she has a "peanut-shaped" right ear which she has no hearing in.

But Jennifer said it would not stop her from styling Pixie's hair as she gets a little bit older.

"A lot of people say because she has got a lot of hair I can cover it up but that's not my intention - I'll be putting her hair up all the time," she said. "She has been born with this special condition and I wouldn't change her for the world - that's just how she is."

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A 12-week-old baby girl was born with a thick mop of hair and is drawing joyful compliments wherever her proud mom takes her. Pixie Rose Masters was born on July 4 weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces and sporting a lustrous mane. Mom Jennifer, 32, said she is yet to see a finer head of hair on any tiny tot.

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President Trump said Tuesday he will travel to the storm-ravaged Puerto Rico next week

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Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said it was the earliest date he could reach the devastated island.

Trump said the US territory was "literally destroyed."

He said he may also stop in the US Virgin Islands.

Earlier Tuesday, Trump vowed that federal assistance is on its way to Puerto Rico, a day after he commented for the first time in days about the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria since it made landfall on the US territory.

"Thank you to Carmen Yulín Cruz, the Mayor of San Juan, for your kind words on FEMA etc. We are working hard. Much food and water there/on way," he wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning, moments after Yulín Cruz appeared on CNN's "New Day."

Sharing harrowing details of rescue efforts in her city, Yulín Cruz praised the Federal Emergency Management Agency's "great job" and "logistics help."

"Our bodies are so tired, but our souls are so full of strength that we will get to everyone we can get to," she said.

Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico last week, whipping the island with Irma-level winds, drenching it in Harvey-level flooding, crippling communications, decimating buildings and damaging a dam that puts downstream residents at risk of catastrophe. Without power and communications for much of the island, millions of people have been cut off from the world since the hurricane hit.

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Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said it was the earliest date he could reach the devastated island. Trump said the US territory was "literally destroyed." He said he may also stop in the US Virgin Islands.

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Miguel Antonio Franco died in a nursing home after hurricane Irma struck. Family filed a lawsuit for not having air conditioning and the right emergency assistance.

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"I told him, 'Grandpa, I'll be coming in a week to celebrate our birthdays and to see you again,' " Navarro said Monday at a news conference in south Florida about a wrongful death lawsuit her family has filed. "He just said, 'Hurry up and get here so we can sit down chat and play dominoes.' "

Choking back tears, Navarro said, "He was healthy. To know that someone you love is healthy and you were almost there to see them, and a tragedy like this happens, how do you explain or help yourself know they are gone?"

Franco was one of 11 elderly residents of a nursing home, The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, to die after Hurricane Irma struck south Florida on September 10.

Franco's family late last week filed a wrongful death and negligencelawsuitagainst the nursing home, alleging the facility failed to provide proper air conditioning and that patients suffered for days because of sweltering temperatures resulting from loss of power to AC units. It also claims the nursing home failed to make timely calls for emergency assistance.

The lawsuit also alleges the nursing home didn't provide proper care to Miguel Franco's wife, Cecilia Franco, 90, who also lived in the nursing home. She survived but was hospitalized in serious condition, the family said.

'Deepest sympathy'

Lawyers for The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills could not immediately be reached for comment on the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.

Earlier, the nursing home issued this statement: "The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills expresses its deepest sympathy to the family members of the residents who passed away following a prolonged outage of our air conditioning system due to Hurricane Irma."

Nursing home officials have said they were in constant contact with state and local authorities and took steps to provide cooling devices inside.

The exact cause of the 11 deaths has not been reported, but a number of the 141 residents who were evacuated were treated for heat-related issues.

'Absolutely stunning'

The lawyer for Franco's family, Curtis Miner, said his death was avoidable. Irma wreaked havoc in less developed places in the Caribbean, but none recorded a tragedy on the level of the nursing home, he said.

"It is absolutely stunning to us the nursing home was so unprepared for what would inevitably happen with Hurricane Irma and it is absolutely stunning to us they did not take emergency action when this tragedy began to unfold," Miner said.

"This is something that could have been prevented," said Pedro Franco, the deceased man's son. "All they had to do was call 911."

The deaths are part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the Hollywood Police Department said. Meanwhile, state and federal agencies are conducting administrative investigations.

The storm hit on September 10 andthe power to the air conditioning went out, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in Broward County Circuit Court. The nursing home didn't have a generator-powered air conditioning system to keep the building cool in case of a power outage, the suit says.

The nursing home staff didn't evacuate the patients to the hospital across the street but "wheeled many of the residents into the hallway, undressed some of them and left them to remain there, trapped in the sweltering heat," the suit says.

A call to 911 was placed at 1:30 a.m. September 13 after a patient went into cardiac distress, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit doesn't identify the caller, but a timeline provided by The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills says the nursing home made the call, as well as two other 911 calls over the next few hours. The governor's office said any calls came too late.

"This facility is failing to take responsibility for the fact that they delayed calling 911 and made the decision to not evacuate their patients to one of the largest hospitals in Florida, which is directly across the street," Gov. Rick Scott said in a statement.

The evacuation of patients started about 6:30 a.m. that day, the nursing home's timeline says, adding, "Up to and through the evacuation, protocol was followed."

City and state officials said they were in contact with the nursing home for three days after the storm hit and advised them to call 911 if they believed that the health or safety of patients was at risk.

Nursing home administrator Jorge Carballo said the center immediately contacted Florida Power & Light on September 10 and continued to follow up with the utility for status updates on when repairs to the transformer that powered the air-conditioning system would be made. The nursing home, in a timeline, said it began using 10 portable units on September 10.

The facility said an official with its parent company made calls on that Monday and Tuesday to several state agencies to report the problem. Workers at the facility got more portable air conditioners from a nearby hospital, the facility's timeline says.

Deleted voicemails

At their news conference, the family was asked to respond to reports that Scott or his office had deleted four voicemails the nursing home left on Scott's personal cell phone. The governor provided that number to law enforcement, emergency services and nursing homes during the storm.

"I don't even know what to think of it," Navarro said. "Why delete something, whether he thought it was important or not."

She said she didn't know what the messages said. Nursing home officials have not provided details about what information was in the voice messages.

Scott's office issued a statement about the deleted voicemails.

"The voicemails were not retained because the information from each voicemail was collected by the Governor's staff and given to the proper agency for handling. Every call was returned. The information collected from the voicemails was released to the public this week, along with over 150 pages of other documents.

"This is in line with the state's record retention policy and Florida law. ... None of this changes the fact that this facility chose not to call 911 or evacuate their patients to the hospital across the street to save lives."

CNN's Steve Almasy, Tina Burnside and Michael Nedelman contributed to this report.

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Major oil deposits sit beneath land in northern Iraq that is currently administered by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.

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Here's a surprise: Oil is back in bull market territory.

U.S. crude futures have increased 22% since June, a comeback that has pushed prices to around $52 a barrel.

It's welcome news for OPEC, which has been trying to squeeze excess supply out of the market as it recovers from a dramatic price collapse in 2014.

There are two major factors helping to drive crude higher:

Threats in the Middle East

Major oil deposits sit beneath land in northern Iraq that is currently administered by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.

The Kurds, who have long sought a country of their own, cast ballots on Monday in a controversial independence referendum. The move has angered both Turkey and Iraq.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, has threatened to close the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

"We have the valve. And the minute we shut it down, that's done," Erdogan said in a speech on Monday.

He returned to the theme on Tuesday, saying that military action was possible if Kurds don't back away from independence plans. Turkey has a sizable Kurdish minority population.

The Kurdistan region of Iraq produces around 650,000 barrels per day, 85% of which goes through Turkish pipelines, according to FXTM.

"If the Turks decided to cut crude flows, it would create a shock which markets are currently pricing in," said Hussein Sayed, chief market strategist at FXTM.

"I think this is going to be only a temporary threat, given that independence will not happen overnight and OPEC members will quickly cover the shortage," he added.

Market balance

OPEC other major suppliers agreed in November to slash their production levels in order to support prices.

There had been chatter that OPEC would extend the cuts beyond their current expiration date of March 2018, but that has failed to materialize.

Even so, there are signs that the market is now coming into balance.

OPEC said Friday that its coalition recorded its highest level of compliance to date in August. And demand is strengthening.

The International Energy Agency says that demand grew very strongly in the second quarter, especially in developed economies. The agency upped its demand growth estimate for 2017 to 1.6 million barrels per day.

CNNMoney (Dubai) First published September 26, 2017: 8:05 AM ET

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The largest airport in Puerto Rico is still crippled almost a week after Hurricane Maria.

Passengers hoping to escape the devastation have packed the main terminal, which has noair conditioning since it's running on limited emergency power.

The conditions were intolerable, said David Mannasmith, an Ohio insurance adjustor who works surveying areas hit by natural disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes. He and his wife Amber were in Puerto Rico for their third anniversary.

They rode Maria out at their resort and left for the airport Friday morning hoping to come home. Instead, they spent four days there, sleeping on hard floors, with little food and water -- and heat and humidity that made it feel like it was over 100 degrees.

Related: Apocalyptic' devastation in Puerto Rico, and little help in sight

"There was one vendor that was open, selling bottled water, very limited food," he said. "Everything was operating on a cash only basis. Fortunately we had taken out a lot of cash. A lot of people, some with small children, were running out of cash."

Mannasmith said he was told several times he and his wife would be able to get on the next flight only to lose out. Finally on Monday morning they got on a flight to Miami.

"We were drenched by the time we reached the plane. The air conditioning was the best part," he said. He said he felt bad for all the other passengers left behind.

"There are people we stood on line with for four days, and they're still there," he said. "And they're getting no help."

There are a limited number of flights in and out of the island because of damage to radar and other equipment, airport authorities told CNNMoney. On Monday there were only 10 commercial flights between San Juan and the mainland United States, with 10 more scheduled for Tuesday,

Airlines have started flying larger than normal planes to handle as many passengers as possible on the few flights that can get in and out.

Authorities hope to resume international flights on Wednesday. They had originally aimed to do so on Monday.

At the same time, many more military, charter and relief operation jets are also flying in and out of the airport, according to the FAA.

Commercial airlines are operating many of those relief flights, carrying tons of needed supplies, including bottled water and non-perishable food, medicine, blankets, cots, electrical generators and blood for the Red Cross.

And they are sending volunteers to help with relief and recovery, many of whom are airline employees with family on the island.

United and Southwest Airlines said they are only operating humanitarian relief flights in and out of the island -- no passenger flights. United's flights have carried 50 pallets of blankets and other supplies for the Red Cross, and nearly 40 tons of water, food, diapers, rope, tarps, and 50 power generators. The relief flights are returning with as many people as they can get on the plane, United said.

But conditions in the airport are very difficult. Airlines are having difficultyprinting out boarding passes that fliers need to go through TSA checkpoints and board flights.

TSA said that some of its equipment has been damaged by the storms, so some screening is being done by hand. The TSA said it is bringing in about 1,100 staff members to work in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and other areas affected by the hurricanes that have slammed U.S. territories over the past month. It said 500 of those employees will deal with the more time consuming screening procedures, with the rest assisting in relief efforts. It is advising that passengers allow two hours for screening.

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, Sept. 20, two weeks after Hurricane Irma hit the islands before battering Florida. Late last month, Hurricane Harvey caused widespread damage along Texas and Louisiana's Gulf Coast.

Related: Hurricane Maria is a nightmare for Puerto Rico's economy

The airport in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands has yet to resume commercial flights. The tower there was damaged by Hurricane Irma, and the FAA brought in the mobile tower to help manage traffic. But it had to take that tower back to the mainland ahead of Hurricane Maria to protect it from damage.

The FAA airlifted a mobile air traffic control tower back to St. Thomas over the weekend to support relief and recovery missions there.

Finding housing in St. Thomas for airport staff is has also been a challenge. The controllers who staff the tower in St. Thomas are being shuttled back and forth to San Juan every day.

-- CNN's Gregory Wallace contributed to this report.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 26, 2017: 10:41 AM ET

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Passengers hoping to escape the devastation have packed the main terminal, which has noair conditioning since it's running on limited emergency power. The conditions were intolerable, said David Mannasmith, an Ohio insurance adjustor who works surveying areas hit by natural disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes.

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President Trump wants a rule to stop NFL players from kneeling during the national anthem

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President Trump continued his rant against NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem, suggesting in a tweet this morning that the NFL should establish rules preventing players from kneeling.

The NFL has all sorts of rules and regulations. The only way out for them is to set a rule that you can't kneel during our National Anthem!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2017

Earlier this morning Trump slammed the NFL's ratings, saying they were "way down" except for when audiences tune in to see whether or not there are protests during the national anthem. Today marks the fourth consecutive day that he has openly criticized the league and its players.

Ratings for NFL football are way down except before game starts, when people tune in to see whether or not our country will be disrespected!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2017

The president also commented on Monday night's Dallas Cowboys-Arizona Cardinals game. During last night's game, Cowboys players and owner Jerry Jones linked arms and knelt ahead of the national anthem. While the anthem played, they stood but continued to link arms.

At first, the president pointed out that there was booing and "great anger" when they knelt. He noted that when the team stood for the anthem, "big progress [was] being made."

The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the entire Dallas team dropped to its knees, was loudest I have ever heard. Great anger
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2017

But while Dallas dropped to its knees as a team, they all stood up for our National Anthem. Big progress being made-we all love our country!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2017

Trump ignited a firestorm Friday evening when he criticized professional athletes who protest by kneeling during the national anthem.

"Wouldn't you love to see one of the NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now?'" he said at a rally in Huntsville, Alabama.

Since then, the president has doubled down on his statement in a series of tweets and comments to reporters. Over the weekend, NFL teams, players and owners from across the league protested peacefully by kneeling, locking arms or skipping the national anthem in response to the president's criticism of players he claims are disrespecting the U.S. with their protests.

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"There is no basis in the First Amendment that says that you cannot kneel on the National Anthem or in front of the flag," she said.

Lee said Trump had a "lack of judgment" to comment on the players' freedom of speech.

"There is no regulation that says that these young men cannot stand against the dishonoring of their mothers by you calling them to fire the son of a B," she said. "You tell me which of those children's mothers are a son of a B. That is racism."

At a rally for Alabama Republican Sen. Luther Strange on Friday, Trump said NFL team owners should respond to the protest against police brutality by saying, "Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he's fired. He's fired!" His comments -- and repeated tweets on the matter -- have escalated a nationwide controversy that has significant racial and cultural undertones.

Colin Kaepernick -- at the time with the San Francisco 49ers -- initially sparked controversy when he refused to stand for the National Anthem last year, saying he would not display pride for a flag that "oppresses black people and people of color."

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As if running a marathon isn't enough of a feat, one dad pushed a stroller the entire way.

For Troy Austin, an Australian man who is an Ironman competitor and triathlete as well as a marathon runner, the exertion of pushing the stroller wasn't so much physical as emotional. Because the stroller he was pushing was empty.

Austin ran the Sunshine Coast Marathon with the empty stroller last month in honor of his late son T.G. The boy was stillborn in 2016 at 27 weeks, three days after his parents had learned through a sonogram that he had no heartbeat.

"The day you find out about your child has passed isn't the day of labor, well, not in our instance," Austin told ABC News. "The day after our devastating news we had to go back and have a time of death recorded."

Following the terrible news on the sonogram, Austin said his wife was given medication to help prepare her body to give up the baby.

"After a few emotionally painful days, you go to the hospital to give birth, knowing that your bub isn't coming home to his room," he said.

T.G. would be a year-and-a-half old now.

"Three days after we heard those horrible words, 'no heartbeat,' we got to meet our boy, he is beautiful," Austin said.

"He is still and innocent. We smile through the heartache because we have our first child, we are a family. His grandparents came to meet our son and for a cuddle. We stayed with him all night. He was born too late for a photographer to come so we held him till the sunrise only to have to say goodbye as a nurse wheeled him away."

"Next time we saw T.G was at the funeral home wrapped so innocently," he said.

After the ordeal, Austin said he coped by throwing himself into physical fitness, which was already a major part of his life. His wife, Kelly, worked to handle the loss by preserving everything she could about T.G., he said.

The stroller was one of the first purchases the couple had made when Kelly was pregnant. Until this marathon, it had been sitting in the garage unused.

One of Austin's friends was running his first marathon to raise money and awareness for the Austin family charity Everyday Hero, which raises awareness and offers support to families who had a stillborn child.

Austin paced himself to run with his friend, but while the race wasn't terribly difficult physically, it took an emotional toll.

There were people along the route who joked about getting a ride in the stroller, and an announcer who said over the loudspeaker, "'Here comes old mate and it looks like he has lost his kid,'" Austin said. He estimates there were 100 comments made about the empty stroller through the course of the race.

"They weren't trying to be mean; it was just the Aussie humor. Stillbirth was the furthest from their mind and I understood that," he said. "I kept answering the onslaught of questions and shout-outs with, 'That's the point,' and, 'Yes I have lost my son and I'm not getting him back.'"

He said he got a mixed response from people who understood the point of his pushing the empty stroller. "A fair few didn't get it," he said. But he said he's glad the event raised awareness of the issue of stillbirths.

The couple now have another son, Samuel, but still deeply miss T.G., Austin said. They honor his memory at family functions with a small giraffe and give photos of him to his grandparents. And T.G.'s stroller will race again, bringing more awareness to the issue of stillbirth.

"I just want to help, I want T.G to play with the other kids in heaven and know we are helping their parents down here," Austin said. "I would like to let the community know it's OK to talk about stillbirth, to mention the children we have lost. Parents that have lost a child want to hear their children's name, they want to know that they are counted."

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Power blackout leaves Puerto Rico in the darkness

Maria struck Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday, with winds up to 155 miles per hour
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Broken electricity poles and streetlights list into the middle of highways. Satellite images show an island devoid of light. Cellular phone service is non-existent.

Hurricane Maria's devastation of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico last week left the entire island and its 3.4 million residents without power.

Officials are still only assessing what is needed to kick off a months-long effort to bring back electricity, meaning millions of people could face an extended period without access to clean water, refrigeration, safe food and medical supplies.

Maria struck Puerto Rico as a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday, with winds up to 155 miles per hour (249 km per hour), leveling large swathes of the island, killing at least 10 residents and cutting off power and telecommunications services.

Highway signs and traffic poles were scattered across highways around the island on Monday, with intersections turned into obstacle courses as cars drove over and around tangled wires and other debris.

Unlike Hurricane Irma a week earlier, where tens of thousands of utility workers streamed into Florida shortly after that storm swept through the state, those dedicated to assessing the damage to Puerto Rico's degraded electrical grid were only starting to get the full measure of the destruction.

A full damage assessment has been difficult because of the limited ability to get flights to the island and as federal agencies have been concentrating on life-saving efforts and providing power to crucial infrastructure like hospitals.

Rebuilding will be a challenging task for the island's bankrupt electric utility, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), already regularly criticized by residents for frequent outages and rates higher than every U.S. state other than Hawaii.

Preliminary assessments suggest about 55 percent of the island's transmission towers have been destroyed, according to industry group the American Public Power Association, which is working with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency on relief efforts.

About 90 percent of the distribution network, which brings power to residents and businesses, is out of commission, APPA said. Nighttime satellite images released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the island early on Monday almost entirely without light.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Monday that 91 percent of cellular sites in Puerto Rico remain out of service. Outside San Juan, the capital, cell service was virtually non-existent, and residents said they have been unable to communicate with relatives and friends, be they distant or merely just in another part of the island.

CREWS, EQUIPMENT

In Florida following Irma, a Reuters witness saw convoys of utility vehicles around the state, but in Puerto Rico, signs of activity were sparse, with just the occasional utility crew seen.

APPA on Monday said that assessment needed to be finished before it could get public power utilities to send crews and equipment. The New York Power Authority had sent a crew of a dozen on Friday, with drones.

"There are many logistics to coordinate," said Mike Hyland, APPA senior vice president in engineering services. "We need to know where the crews will be housed and if we can ensure their safety and health so they can be effective."

The reconstruction looks to be arduous, Hyland said. Broken transmission towers - heavy steel structures up to 150 feet (46 meters) tall that support high-voltage wires - were visible around Puerto Rico. They may need to be airlifted off the island, rebuilt, and then transported back, he said.

The rates PREPA charges weren't enough for the utility to maintain its infrastructure, in part due to ineffective collection efforts, and long-standing mismanagement had left it in a $9-billion hole before declaring bankruptcy in July this year.

"The country is likely going to be without power for months," said Ismael Perez, an engineer and resident. The national utility needs to be depoliticized or privatized, he said.

PREPA's equipment was already "degraded and unsafe," according to a draft fiscal report the utility filed in April. A source familiar with the bankruptcy said he has been told that power generation assets "came through in reasonably good shape," while the power lines did not.

Unlike the continental United States, where one utility can draw on another's power during emergencies, PREPA is the only provider in Puerto Rico.

"It's not an easy thing to restore power to an island," said Najmedin Meshkati, an engineering professor at the University of Southern California specializing in disaster recovery.

"There is no neighboring utility that can help transmit power or easily send crews over to help." (Reporting by Robin Respaut in San Juan and Scott DiSavino in New York; Additional reporting by Dave Graham in San Juan and Stephanie Kelly in New York; Writing by David Gaffen; Editing by Joseph Radford and Bill Rigby)

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The world´s second largest diamond was sold (1,109 carat diamond)

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The world's second-biggest diamond has finally found a buyer.

After failing to sell at a Sotheby's auction last year, the 1,109-carat uncut stone has now fetched $53 million in a private sale to luxury jeweler Graff Diamonds.

The seller, Canada's Lucara , recovered the huge diamond from Botswana's Karowe mine nearly two years ago. It named it Lesedi La Rona, which means "Our Light" in Botswana's Tswana language.

Lucara had originally hoped to get at least $70 million for the stone, describing it as the biggest gem quality diamond found in more than a century.

Related: Some of the world's most famous diamonds

Lucara CEO William Lamb said the price paid by Graff topped the highest bid received in the Sotheby's auction last year. But it falls short of the $63 million Lucara received last year for The Constellation, a smaller 813-carat uncut diamond.

U.K.-based Graff Diamonds has a long history of acquiring the precious stones in multimillion-dollar deals. In 2006, it bought the 603-carat uncut Lesotho Promise at an auction in Belgium for $12.4 million.

"The stone will tell us its story, it will dictate how it wants to be cut," said Laurence Graff, who founded the company in 1960.

Lucara announced the sale of the Lesedi La Rona after the market closed Monday, a day when its Toronto-listed shares slumped 1.7%.

The stock soared in the months following the Lesedi La Rona's discovery, but it has plummeted more than 40% since last year's failed auction.

The only larger diamond previously unearthed was the 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, which was discovered in South Africa in 1905. The Cullinan was eventually cut into smaller stones, some of which are now part of British royal family's crown jewels.

CNNMoney (Hong Kong) First published September 26, 2017: 1:00 AM ET

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Bali volcano: Evacuees wait for signs of Mount Agung eruption

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The situation is dire for the over 3 million Americans living on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which was battered by Hurricane Maria last week.

ABC News flew in a chopper today along the path that Maria took over Puerto Rico, showing the widespread devastation left behind, from the demolished homes to the downed power lines.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello says the island is facing an "unprecedented disaster" in the wake of Maria, which tore through on Sept. 20, killing at least 16 and knocking out electricity to the entire island. The storm also devastated other islands in the Caribbean, including Dominica, where at least 27 have died.

"The devastation is vast," Rossello said. Maria built on the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma, which blew through just weeks earlier.

The view from the sky today of Maria's aftermath showed gas lines, often stretching for miles, especially in more remote areas where people are desperate for fuel. Rossello on Sunday called for calm and said 185 gas stations are open throughout the island.

Maria demolished homes made of wood, while those built out of concrete for the most part survived.

Now five days since the storm hit, the chopper ride showed that most of the widespread flooding is gone, but some neighborhoods are still underwater.

The storm also flattened farms.

The New York Times reported that one farmer predicts, "There will be no food in Puerto Rico."

"There is no more agriculture in Puerto Rico," the farmer told the Times. "And there won't be any for a year or longer."

Maria left the entire island in the dark. Ahead of Irma, residents told ABC News how fragile the infrastructure is and how easily power can go out.

After Maria, the island has been reliant on generators, especially in San Juan.

The island's mountainous terrain is difficult to navigate, which makes getting in to simply restore down power lines more complicated.

Power restoration efforts are now underway.

As of today 27 percent of the San Juan area -- the capital -- has cellphone service, and 65 percent of fixed lines can make long distance calls, the Puerto Rico Governor's Office said.

Officials said 40 percent of water customers now have water.

In a statement today Rossello said, "We will need the full support of the U.S. government."

"This is a humanitarian disaster involving 3.4 million U.S. citizens," Rossello said. "People cannot forget we are U.S. citizens -- and proud of it. So much so that in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which also hit Puerto Rico, we conducted emergency rescue operations to save thousands of U.S. citizens in the Caribbean islands that were devastated by that storm."

"Given Puerto Rico's fragile economic recovery prior to the storms, we ask the Trump Administration and U.S. Congress to take swift action to help Puerto Rico rebuild," Rossello said.

Assistant to the president on Homeland Security Tom Bossert, who is in Puerto Rico, today called this a "very long and hard recovery" but vowed to Puerto Rico residents, "You will get what you need to recover."

FEMA administrator Brock Long, who is also in Puerto Rico, echoed Bossert's sentiments, saying the power of the federal government is being used to help Puerto Rico.

Long said search and rescue operations are still ongoing and more than 10,000 people are there to help clean up.

Long said FEMA officials are working on evacuating people from outlying hospitals to the Centro Medico in San Juan.

More than 2,000 soldiers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civilians have responded to Maria relief operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the Army.

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And their food supply is rapidly dwindling.

Coffee growers Gaspar Rodriguez and Doris Velez told CNN's Leyla Santiago that the food they had left has spoiled.

"You work, work and work, and it's for nothing," Rodriguez said, after losing everything.

The rural areas remain hard to reach due to the destroyed roads and decimated infrastructure.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN that more support and resources for the island are needed to prevent a humanitarian crisis. The island has been left without power and crippled without communication since Hurricane Maria.

While crediting President Donald Trump's administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for responding "quickly" and "appropriately," Rosselló said: "There are some challenges and we need more resources."

"We recognize that it's unprecedented, but now what we're doing is asking Congress to establish a package for Puerto Rico so that we can have the resource. We can have the flexibility in execution and then we can avoid what could be a humanitarian crisis here in Puerto Rico."

At least 10 people have died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria. Nearly all 1.6 million electric customers in Puerto Rico are without power, according to FEMA and the Energy Department.

'We have not lost our faith'

Near the town of Utuado, Rosario Heredia, 56, who is diabetic, is in her house, which is spewing water from every corner. She reaches high into her closet for a piece of clothing and squeezes water from it like a soaked sponge.

Heredia had hoped that help would've arrived by now -- but it hasn't.

In the landscape of Puerto Rico, trees have been broken and twisted, leaving behind a wasteland. Roads are completely washed away and others are blocked by debris.

After losing everything, some residents say the only thing they have left is their faith.

"Really, we are people who serve God," Wilfredo Villegas told CNN's Bill Weir. "And yes, we are saddened because when you lose every little thing you may have, it's not easy to recover... but we have not lost our faith."

Trump tweets about Puerto Rico

Trump hadn't tweeted nor made public remarks on the shattered island for several days, until Monday night.

He began his tweet in reference to Texas and Florida, which were struck by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

"Texas & Florida are doing great but Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble.."

"...It's old electrical grid, which was in terrible shape, was devastated. Much of the Island was destroyed, with billions of dollars...."

"...owed to Wall Street and the banks which, sadly, must be dealt with. Food, water and medical are top priorities - and doing well. #FEMA"

Asked about Trump's comments on Puerto Rico, Rosselló mentioned how the President had declared emergency declarations for the commonwealth and that he has spoken with Trump several times.

"A lot of those things are true," the governor said, after being read Trump's tweets. "There's collapsed infrastructure, energy grid that was old, not well-maintained. Now it's a matter of logistics and it's a matter of executing and doing it in a proper and safe way so that people can get the resources."

Trump has vowed to travel to Puerto Rico, as he did in the immediate aftermath of storms in Texas and Florida, but officials say the devastated territory is not yet capable of hosting a presidential visit.

Top aides to Trump, including homeland security adviser Tom Bossert and the FEMA administrator Brock Long, went to the island Monday to assess immediate needs. Trump and Bossert will discuss the situation in Puerto Rico Tuesday, according to a White House official.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Monday, that the President had asked Bossert and Long to go to Puerto Rico, " to go, be on the ground, and help come back and give us a list of what is needed and that we can turn around quickly."

Sanders had said the "federal response has been anything but slow."

Airplanes and ships loaded with meals, water and generators have been arriving or are headed to Puerto Rico and other affected Caribbean islands, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a statement. More than 10,000 federal employees are in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin islands helping with research and rescue efforts and moving goods, FEMA tweeted.

The Guajataca Dam

The governor said the situation at Guajataca Dam in the island's northwest corner, appears to have stabilized. The dam sustained damage following the hurricane and residents living below the dam had been told to evacuate on Friday, according to the National Guard.

The areas close to the dam have been evacuated, Rosselló told CNN on Monday.

"There was indication on Friday that there was an imminent collapse of this dam," he said. "Part of it collapsed, but right now it seems to be stable -- at least this is the opinion of the engineers. What we're trying to do is execute a mitigation strategy so that we can get people back into their houses and fix the dam."

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Resident in Puerto Rico: 'We have not lost our faith'

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And their food supply is rapidly dwindling. Coffee growers Gaspar Rodriguez and Doris Velez told CNN's Leyla Santiago that the food they had left has spoiled. "You work, work and work, and it's for nothing," Rodriguez said, after losing everything. The rural areas remain hard to reach due to the destroyed roads and decimated infrastructure.