Unceasing seismic activity on a fault just off the southern coast has pushed damage estimates to $110 million, and municipal authorities are weighing evacuation orders for residents in pueblos such as Guánica, where another 6-magnitude aftershock Saturday rocked the region, the Washington Post reported. Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced said on Saturday that she had signed a request for a “major disaster declaration” that requires approval from the White House, a move that would release more resources for the power grid, building inspectors and individual assistance. The island is still waiting on more than $18 billion in federal funding after Hurricane Maria devastated much of the island in 2017. Public schools will not reopen until another round of inspections take place, and there are an estimated 8,000 people in shelters, camps or refuges. Nearly 60,000 people are without power, concentrated in the most impacted areas.
