En grande pompe et dans l’émotion, le monde…

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Réunie dans le deuil derrière le cercueil d’Elizabeth II, la famille royale britannique s’est jointe lundi à des centaines de dignitaires étrangers à l’abbaye de Westminster à Londres pour des adieux en grande pompe à la souveraine, à la hauteur de sa popularité planétaire.

Une page d’Histoire se tourne avec ces funérailles religieuses de la monarque qui a traversé ses 70 ans, sept mois et deux jours de règne avec un constant sens du devoir, sans jamais laisser percer une opinion mais remplissant ses fonctions de cheffe d’Etat avec sérieux, bienveillance pour ses sujets et un humour pince-sans-rire parfois irrésistible.

Dès l’aube, voire plusieurs plusieurs jours à l’avance, les Britanniques se sont massés dans les rues de Londres ou de Windsor, résidence à l’ouest de la capitale où elle sera inhumée dans la soirée, pour participer à cette journée historique, point d’orgue de l’émotion qui a déferlé après son décès le 8 septembre dans son château écossais de Balmoral, à l’âge de 96 ans.

A l’image d’un deuil national réglé au millimètre et marqué par la pompe et la solennité dont la monarchie britannique a le secret, la dépouille a quitté à 09H42 GMT Westminster Hall où des centaines de milliers de Britanniques s’étaient recueillis jour et nuit depuis mercredi, après des heures d’attente.

Au son des cornemuses et roulements de tambour, le cercueil, drapé de l’étendard royal et surmonté de la scintillante couronne impériale, a été accompagné en procession jusqu’à l’abbaye de Westminster tiré sur un affût de canon par des marins de la Royal Navy, formant une armée de képis.

Suivait la famille royale, marchant au pas, le regard figé: Charles III, devenu roi à 73 ans après une vie à attendre, ses frères et soeur Anna, Andrew et Edward, l’héritier du trône Willam, nouveau prince de Galles et le prince Harry, en civil, conséquence de son retrait de la monarchie en 2020.

Dans la nef de l’abbaye, ils ont été rejoints par la reine consort Camilla, les épouses de William, Kate, et d’Harry, Meghan. Les deux aînés de William et Kate, George, 9 ans, Charlotte, 7 ans, ont marché derrière le cercueil de leur arrière-grand-mère à sa arrivée dans l’abbaye.

– “J’étais là!” –

Parmi les 2.000 invités vêtus de noir, le gratin des dirigeants mondiaux s’était déplacé, des président américain Joe Biden et français Emmanuel Macron à l’empereur du Japon Naruhito, pour ces premières funérailles d’Etat depuis celles de Winston Churchill à 1965.

Les têtes couronnées européennes dont le roi Philippe de Belgique, le roi d’Espagne Felipe VI et le prince Albert de Monaco ont aussi pris place sous les arches gothiques de l’abbaye si liée au destin d’Elizabeth II. C’est là qu’encore princesse elle avait épousé à 21 ans en novembre 1947 le fringant Philip Mountbatten, avant d’y être couronnée le 2 juin 1953.

Jamais depuis des années Londres n’avait connu une telle affluence de dignitaires, et la police de la capitale n’a jamais connu un tel défi sécuritaire.

La journée est fériée et ils sont des centaines de milliers à ne pas vouloir perdre une miette de cet événement historique.

Pour des millions de Britanniques, Elizabeth II était la seule, l’unique, ancre rassurante de stabilité dans les convulsions d’un monde qui change.

“Cela fait partie de l’Histoire, jamais dans ma vie il n’y aura une autre reine”, confie à l’AFP Bethany Beardmore, 26 ans, après une nuit sans sommeil.

“Je parlerai de ce moment à mes enfants: Je dirai: j’étais là!”, lance Jack, 14 ans, venu au petit matin avec ses parents à Hyde Park Corner, non loin de Buckingham Palace.

Pour Thay, homme de 59 ans, la reine apportait de la “stabilité” dans une vie “chaotique”. Il espère que Charles fera de même “parce que nous avons besoin de quelque chose à quoi nous accrocher”.

– Procession historique –

Après une heure de cérémonie et deux minutes de silence, la dépouille de la monarque repartira pour un dernier voyage.

Le cercueil sera à nouveau placé sur un affût de canon de la Royal Navy avant une procession historique dans les rues du centre de Londres, jusqu’à l’arc de Wellington, d’où il repartira en corbillard pour le château de Windsor, à 35 kilomètres à l’ouest de la capitale

Plus de 6.000 militaires y participeront.

De plus en plus frêle ces derniers mois, souffrant de problèmes de mobilité, Elizabeth II recevait encore, souriante, deux jours avant son décès, la toute nouvelle Première ministre Liz Truss, sa dernière photo publique. C’était la dirigeante en exercice la plus âgée du monde. Durant sa vie, elle a traversé la Seconde Guerre mondiale, vu la dissolution de l’Empire britannique, l’entrée puis la sortie de l’Union européenne.

Elle était au moment de sa mort, en plus du Royaume-Uni, reine de 14 royaumes, dont l’Australie, le Canada et la Nouvelle Zélande. Certains de ces pays n’ont pas caché leur souhait de voir évoluer leur lien avec la monarchie.

Elle sera inhumée lundi soir dans l’intimité, dans le Mémorial George VI de la chapelle du château où elle avait vécu ses dernières années. Elle reposera près de ses parents et du prince Philip décédé en avril 2021. Ils étaient restés mariés 73 ans.

Après 12 jours épuisants de voyages dans les quatre nations constitutives du Royaume Uni, de bains de foule conjugués au deuil d’une mère, Charles III, 73 ans, devra écrire sa propre histoire.

Certains rêvaient d’une transition rapide avec le nouveau prince de Galles, son fils William, 40 ans. Mais Charles III a promis, comme sa mère, de servir toute sa vie.

Solennel, rassembleur, accessible et inclusif, ses premiers pas ont rassuré, avec la présence apaisante de Camilla à ses côtés.

Sa cote de popularité a grimpé en flèche, désormais à 70% selon un nouveau sondage YouGov qui place William à 80%.

Mais les défis, nombreux, ne font que commencer. Dès mardi, le Royaume-Uni reprend le fil de sa vie suspendue depuis le 8 septembre. La crise du coût de la vie et les mouvements sociaux devraient rapidement refaire la Une des journaux.

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Ary Chalus, président de Région « Nous ne pouvons pas construire n’importe où »

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Ary Chalus, président de Région

Ary Chalus, à Paris lors du passage de la tempête Fiona a écourté son séjour pour venir se rendre compte de l’étendue des dégâts. Il s’est dit surpris de son ampleur et promet que la Région prendra toute sa part pour la reconstruction. 

Vous êtes arrivé en début d’après-midi, ce dimanche. Quel est votre constat ?

J’ai été très surpris et très étonné de l’ampleur des dégâts. Je me suis rendu à Goyave à la rencontre des familles sinistrées. J’ai constaté l’inaccessibilité de certaines routes. Il faudra faire vite pour remettre la circulation mais aussi pour nettoyer les tonnes de boue qui ont envahi les résidences où le pont s’est effondré ! Ensuite je suis allé à Capesterre Belle-Eau où il y a également de nombreuses…


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Britain and world say final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II Loop Jamaica

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Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honour a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.

A day packed with events in London and Windsor began early when the doors of 900-year-old Westminster Hall were closed to mourners after hundreds of thousands had filed in front of her flag-draped coffin. Many had waited for hours in line, including through cold nights, to attend the lying in state in an outpouring of collective grief and respect.

“I felt like I had to come and pay my final respects to our majestic queen. She has done so much for us and just a little thank you really from the people,” said Tracy Dobson, who was among the last to join the line.

In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: 142 Royal Navy sailors drew the gun carriage carrying Elizabeth’s coffin to Westminster Abbey, with King Charles III and his sons, Princes William and Harry, walking behind as bagpipers played. Pall bearers carried the coffin into the abbey, where around 2,000 people ranging from world leaders to health care workers gathered to mourn her. Ahead of the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a minute for each year of her life.

Members of the armed forces march during the funeral procession for Queen Elizabeth II in London, Monday, September 19, 2022. (Rupert Frere/Ministry of Defence via AP)

“Here, where Queen Elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation, from the Commonwealth, and from the nations of the world, to mourn our loss, to remember her long life of selfless service, and in sure confidence to commit her to the mercy of God our maker and redeemer,” the dean of the medieval abbey, David Hoyle, told the mourners.

Monday has been declared a public holiday in honour of Elizabeth, who died September 8 — and hundreds of thousands of people descended on central London to partake in the historic moment. Long before the service began, city authorities said viewing areas along the route of the funeral’s procession were full.

Millions more were expected to tune into the funeral live on television, and crowds flocked to parks and public spaces across the UK to watch it on screens. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in his sermon that “few leaders receive the outpouring of love we have seen” for Elizabeth.

On the evening before, Charles issued a message of thanks to people in the UK and around the world, saying he and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, have been “moved beyond measure” by the large numbers of people who have turned out to pay their respects to the queen.

Following the funeral, the coffin — ringed by units of the armed forces in dress uniforms and members of her family — will be brought through the capital’s streets to Wellington Arch near Hyde Park.

There, it will be placed in a hearse to be driven to Windsor Castle — where Elizabeth spent much of her time — for another procession before a committal service in St George’s Chapel. She will be laid to rest with her late husband, Prince Philip, at a private family service.

US President Joe Biden was among leaders to pay their respects at the queen’s coffin on Sunday as thousands of police, hundreds of British troops and an army of officials made final preparations for the funeral.

Biden called Queen Elizabeth II “decent” and “honourable” and “all about service” as he signed the condolence book, saying his heart went out to the royal family.

People across Britain paused for a minute of silence at 8pm Sunday in memory of the only monarch most have ever known. At Westminster Hall, the constant stream of mourners paused for 60 seconds as people observed the minute of reflection in deep silence.

In Windsor, rain began to fall as the crowd fell silent for the moment of reflection. Some camped overnight outside the castle in order to reserve the best spots to view the queen’s coffin.

Jilly Fitzgerald, who was in Windsor, said there was a sense of community among the mourners as they prepared to wait hours to see procession carrying the queen’s coffin.

“It’s good to be with all the people who are all feeling the same. It’s like a big family because everyone feels that … the queen was part of their family,” she said.___

By DANICA KIRKA, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS

Sylvia Hui, Samya Kullab and David Keyton contributed to this report

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Awkward? Charles III meets Antigua and Barbuda’s PM days after he vowed to hold referendum to remove him as Head of State

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King Charles III met the rebellious Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda at Buckingham Palace today just days after he threatened to hold a republican referendum to ditch The Crown and remove Britain’s monarch as the Commonwealth country’s head of state – ahead of the ‘reception of the century’ for 1,000 VIPs including world leaders and foreign royals tonight.

The new sovereign smiled and waved at well-wishers who cheered him as he was driven through the palace gates in the state Rolls-Royce this afternoon.

After meeting Prime Minister Liz Truss in the 1844 Room at 12.15pm, Charles shook hands with Gaston Browne, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, who has renewed efforts to stage a referendum on the country becoming a republic within three years of the Queen‘s death.

The King and Queen Consort Camilla will tonight host hundreds of dignitaries, from world leaders including US President Joe Biden, New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern and Canadian premier Justin Trudeau to senior members of the British royal family, ambassadors from almost all nations, and foreign royals including Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and the Kings and Queens from Holland, Norway and Spain.

Most dignitaries are also expected to view the Queen‘s coffin in the ancient heart of Parliament after being given a VIP timeslot – raising the prospect that mourners who have queued through the night will pay their respects with leaders of the free world.

However, guests asked to wear lounge suits and morning dress rather than ball gowns and white tie as would be expected at a usual state event at the King’s London home. They will arrive at 6pm for drinks and canapes in the Buckingham Palace picture gallery and state apartments.

And reports suggest that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were ‘uninvited’ to a state reception for world leaders and foreign royals this evening.

Mr Biden, who flew in late last night, said that the Queen ‘defined an era’ after she reigned for a record-breaking 70 years. Australia’s anti-monarchy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who viewed the lying-in-state and met Charles yesterday, told Sky News Australia that the Queen was ‘a constant reassuring presence’. There was also a private audience at Buckingham Palace for Ms Ardern, which like Australia and 12 other Commonwealth realms now counts Charles as its sovereign.

King Charles III with Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuba Gaston Browne in Buckingham Palace

King Charles III receives Prime Minister Liz Truss in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace

King Charles III receives Prime Minister Liz Truss

The King met with the Prime Minister in the 1844 Room in Buckingham Palace

King Charles smiled as he was driven through the gates of Buckingham Palace

King Charles smiling and waving at well-wishers as he arrives at Buckingham Palace

King Charles arrive at Buckingham Palace ahead of a grand reception of 1,000 VIPs

Well-wishers cheered and waved at the monarch as he was driven in the state Rolls-Royce to the palace

King Charles III passing well-wishers as he arrives at Buckingham Palace

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive at Stansted on Air Force One last night

Britain’s King Charles III speaks with Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, as he receives realm prime ministers in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace yesterday

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Trudeau pay respects to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Hall

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte will be heading to London for the event

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia are expected at the Buckingham Palace reception

The discussion between King Charles III (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) was kept secret due to ‘protocol’, but Mr Albanese hinted that they discussed environment issues, including climate change

Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren (clockwise from front centre) the Prince of Wales, Peter Phillips, James, Viscount Severn, Princess Eugenie, the Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrice, Lady Louise Windsor and Zara Tindall hold a vigil

Members of the public pay their respects as they pass Queen Elizabeth II’s flag-draped coffin

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Confusion over flag protocol

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The national flag was flown at half-mast at the Red House, Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, on Friday, as sign of respect to the passing of Elizabeth II on Thursday. – JEFF K MAYERS

UNCERTAINTY reigned over what was the proper protocol for flying the TT flag at half-mast to mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and whether in fact it has been properly followed. A statement by the Ministry of National Security on September 8 had said when the flag should be flown at half-mast, but this seemed at odds with what was being carried out in the UK and US, and with what Newsday observed agencies in TT doing.

The ministry has said, “The flag is to be flown at half-mast beginning immediately today (September 8), tomorrow (September 9) and as well on the day of Her Majesty’s funeral service (September 19).” While the instruction seemed to suggest the TT flag be flown at full-mast on the other ten days between the news of the Queen’s death after September 9 and up to September 19, Newsday in fact saw many government and private organisations flying it half-mast throughout.

To add to the uncertainty, the British Government advised the union flag be flown at half-mast throughout the period. “Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, all official flags, including the Union Flag, should be half-masted from as soon as possible today until 08.00 the day following The Queen’s State Funeral.

“Flags may be flown overnight during this period but should remain at half-mast.”

International media houses reported US President Joe Biden ordering all US flags to be flown at half mast throughout the period from the Queen’s death to her funeral. The UK Telegraph reported, “Joe Biden ordered US flags to be flown at half-mast for the next 10 days until the Queen’s state funeral.”

However, the questionable positioning of a comma in Biden’s original announcement on the White House website in fact suggested to Newsday the half mast be observed only on the day of the funeral. This was a Proclamation on the Death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8.

It read, “As a mark of respect for the memory of Queen Elizabeth II, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, on the day of interment.”

Newsday’s interpretation was that if the half-mast was to run for the entire ten day period, Biden’s statement should have omitted a comma to instead read, “until sunset on the day of interment.” Biden said the flag should be flown at half mast at all US embassies and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels.

Newsday was unable to contract Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds to clarify the advice.

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ACCIDENTAL CHILD PORN – US lawyer threatens action over reports on ex-SM Jaleel VP

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Former SM Jaleel VP Adil Mohammed – google

VETERAN TRIAL ATTORNEY Mark Eiglarsh said his client Adil Mohammed, who was charged with ten counts of possessing child pornography images on his cell phone, did not wilfully possess the images, but they “automatically downloaded” onto his phone’s “camera roll.”

Eiglarsh made the statement days after reports were made that Mohammed was slapped with the charges.

Eiglarsh told Newsday that he was retained immediately upon Mohammed’s arrest on August 6 and handled his bond hearing, in which he was released on a US$25,000 bond.

Eiglarsh said, “The charge is possession of child pornography and the title of the statute is that he possessed the pornography where in the images involved some type of sexual performance by a child which makes the photographs very disturbing and alarming.”

In a release sent to the media on Sunday, Eiglarsh said the images automatically downloaded onto Mohammed’s phone after he visited “various lawful adult websites on Whatsapp” but in a phone conversation with Eiglarsh, he clarified, saying that it was a Whatsapp group.

“I think it is more accurate to say that he visited a Whatsapp group,” Eiglarsh said. “In my own personal experience when I visit certain things on Whatsapp – let’s say you’re in a group that is totally involving adult participants – and someone posts a photo, unless you go into your settings and change it for that group you will then automatically have every image that someone posts on that group immediately appears on your camera roll.”

Eiglarsh said Mohammed immediately disabled the feature after he learned that there were child pornography images on his cellphone.

“But it was too late,” he said. “There were still some images on one of his phones that he barely uses.”

Defence attorney Mark Eiglarsh – google

Newsday spoke to technology columnist Mark Lyndersay, who said the iPhone camera roll can send photos to a user’s phone to Apple’s iCloud servers. He explained that any images uploaded to a user’s iCloud account are then available on all Apple devices signed in to that account.

He added that images and text viewed in a browser are downloaded to a special cache folder hidden in the operating system and that other apps do not normally have access. For an image to become part of a camera roll, it would have to be downloaded by the user from the browser as a file for future consideration.

With regard to Whatsapp, Lyndersay said, “The software has limited capacity to interpret a website. Links on WhatsApp are normally directed to a browser on the user’s device.

“Images sent to a device owner from another WhatsApp user or as part of communications in a group chat are visible to image browsers and may, automatically, be added to the camera roll after they are viewed on the device.

According to Miami police reports, on August 6 officers of the Miami Dade Customs and Border Patrol contacted the police department airport district sergeant to inform him of an incident involving a passenger in possession of sexual child abuse material. Police said they got a tip-off leading to them detaining Mohammed and seizing two phones, an iPhone 13 and a Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra.

Customs officers browsed the albums on the Samsung phone and found thousands of pornographic files. In an interview with Miami police, Mohammed said he transfers multiple files between devices.

Shortly after, he was slapped with the charges. All ten charges read the same, that: “On or about August 6 2022 in the County and State aforesaid, did knowingly possess a photograph, motion picture, exhibition, show, representation or other presentation in whole or in part, which said defendant knows to include any sexual conduct by a child in violation of s. 827.071(5), Florida Statute, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the state of Florida.”

Statute 827.071 under chapter 827 of the Florida statutes dealing with abuse of children and sexual performance by a child and child pornography states that it is unlawful for anyone to knowingly possess, control, or intentionally view content which he or she knows to include a child pornography. If there is more than one child in the content, then each such child is viewed as a separate offence.

Eiglarsh to TT media: Get it right

Eiglarsh took the TT media to task in an e-mail saying that several local media houses erroneously said that Mohammed was charged with molesting children.

In the e-mail sent to several media houses Eiglarsh said Mohammed was not charged with having any physical sexual contact with any minor.

“A simple reading of his arrest affidavit makes it clear that he’s not charged with molesting and/or coming into contact with any minor to engage in unlawful sexual acts.”

“They have (reported wrongly),” Eiglarsh told Newsday over the phone.

“That is the only reason I chose to ignore my family on a Sunday and send this out to newspapers that I couldn’t give a s— about.”

“I don’t know if that is an international thing, but I have never seen any group of newspapers get it so damn wrong and make my client into a child molester when he is accused of possessing photographs that got into his phone innocently enough.”

He said Miami prosecutors are aware of his client’s defence and are currently investigating the matter. He added in the e-mail that Mohammed is in the process of holding accountable all media outlets that reported that he was arrested for molesting children.

“He (Mohammed) is demanding that all outlets who ran the false story immediately issue a retraction. Mr Mohammed will likely be initiating defamation lawsuits against media outlets who grossly and maliciously defamed him.”

On Friday, Newsday reported that Mohammed, a 48-year-old former vice president of information technology, was charged with ten counts of sexual performance by a child and child pornography.

SM Jaleel, in a statement posted on social media said the company contacted Mohammed after learning of the charges and that conversation led to his resignation.

“Since the matter is currently before the Courts in the United States of America, and therefore sub judice, propriety demands that it is inappropriate to comment on the case. Our Company requires all employees and family members employed within the Company, to abide by the Company’s values, moral code of conduct and the laws pertaining to all the jurisdictions where we operate. Mr Adil Mohammed is not a shareholder or a director of the Company,” SM Jaleel Corporate said.

According to his website, Eiglarsh, born and raised in Miami, graduated from the University of Florida with honours, earning a bachelors of science degree in Telecommunication (Radio and Television Production).

He got his law degree from Loyola School of Law, in New Orleans, where he earned a scholarship by competing on the Moot Court National Team.

He served as a Miami Dade county prosecutor from 1992-1996.

He has been involved in many “high-profile” matters including cases involving one of Madonna’s alleged stalkers; former University of Miami Football Star Rohan Marley, the son of Reggae Legend Bob Marley; two juveniles charged with shooting and killing a German tourist; and Yusimil Herrera, a former abused foster child accused in the beating death of her three-year-old daughter. He also represented one of the police officers involved in the Uvalde shooting where five officers were faced with heavy criticism over their response to the shooting, particularly over why it took so long for the police officers to confront the shooters.

Eiglarsh has also contributed to several mainstream news media programmes in the US, including programmes on CNN, NBC and Fox networks.

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Aproximadamente 100,000 abonados ya tienen servicio eléctrico

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Alrededor de 100 mil clientes tienen restablecido el servicio eléctrico, informaron el lunes los portavoces de LUMA Energy.

Según los portavoces del consorcio, los clientes con servicio se encuentran en los pueblos de Toa Baja, Toa Alta, área metropolitana de San Juan, Bayamón y Corozal.

Desde el apagón general de la una de la tarde del domingo, se activaron la Unidad 1-1, 2-1 y de de Palo Seco, se energizó la línea 38,200 de 115 kilovatios, que energizó la subestación de Monacillo, se energizó la línea 38,700 de 115 kilovatios a la central eléctrica de San Juan, se energizó la XFMR auxiliar, se energizó una parte del Centro Médico y se estaba en el proceso de de la activación de las unidades 6, 7 y 9 de la central eléctrica de San Juan.

El director ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica, Josué Colón Ortiz sostuvo el proceso de entrar las plantas al sistemas seguiría con los sistemas del este y oeste, para finalmente encender las centrales del sur de AES, EcoEléctrica, Aguirre y Costa Sur.

Como parte de nuestros esfuerzos continuos de respuesta y restauración ante el Huracán Fiona, LUMA ha restaurado el servicio eléctrico a 100,000 clientes dentro de los municipios de Toa Alta, Toa Baja, área metropolitana en San Juan, Bayamón y Corozal.

— LUMA Puerto Rico (@lumaenergypr) September 19, 2022

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Catalogan al huracán Fiona como “histórico y catastrófico” para sectores del Sur de Puerto Rico

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La meteoróloga Glorián Rivera, del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología en San Juan (SNM), informó en RADIO ISLA que catalogaron al huracán Fiona como “histórico y catastrófico” para algunos sectores del Sur de Puerto Rico. 

Glorián Rivera anticipó que se espera “un escenario difícil” en cuanto a las lluvias debido a que se esperan 10 pulgadas más de precipitación en algunos sectores. Esto, en momentos en que ya han caído 25 pulgadas en varios sectores de la isla. La meteoróloga comunicó que los efectos del huracán continuarán afectando a la isla hasta el miércoles.

“Tenemos en estos momentos entrando la cola del huracán Fiona a los sectores del Sur de Puerto Rico que ya se han visto bastante afectados por las lluvias que tuvimos en el día de ayer. Sabemos que esto va a causar más problemas de inundaciones a través de los municipios, especialmente entre Yauco y Salinas, nuevamente”, detalló Rivera.

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En estado crítico municipio de Ponce

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El alcalde de Ponce, Luis Irizarry Pabón, compartió en RADIO ISLA el lunes que Ponce está en estado crítico por las fuertes lluvias que han recibido antes, durante y luego del paso del huracán Fiona.

“Empezando por el área rural, que no tenemos comunicación y que le va a lloviendo desde hace una semana. Porque no tan sólo comenzó esta lluvia, sino que también ya hace varias semanas vimos lluvia para el área norte así que ese terreno está bien saturado… No tenemos comunicación excepto uno que otro que tiene su teléfono que ha podido darnos cierta información pero no tenemos mucha información porque no tenemos paso”, abundó el funcionario. Afirmó que está prácticamente casi todo inundado, incluyendo el Aeropuerto Mercedita. 

Irizarry Pabón además reportó que hay 55 refugiados en su municipio, pero espera que ese número suba. Manifestió que el mar se metió en sectores de su municipio y que el mar hizo resistencia, causando inundaciones. A su vez, confirmó dos fallecimientos de envejecí entes en su municipio, pero no se atrevió a adjudicar esas muertes al paso del huracán Fiona.

El huracán Fiona ya pasó por Puerto Rico, pero se continúan sintiendo fuertes lluvias. Según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes, se mantiene un aviso de tormenta tropical para Puerto Rico y se esperan de cuatro a seis pulgadas adicionales para sectores Puerto Rico. A nivel global, el sistema sectores hasta 30 pulgadas de lluvia y se espera que estas lluvias produzcan inundaciones catastróficas y deslizamientos. 

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