ປະທານາທິບໍດີສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານໂຈ ໄບເດັນ ໄປສຳຫລວດເບິ່ງຄວາມເສຍຫາຍໃນໃນຈັນວານນີ້ ຈາກເຮີຣິເຄນຟິໂອນາ ຢູ່ເກາະ ເປີໂຕຣິໂກ ແລະໄດ້ປະກາດການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອຫລາຍກວ່າ 60 ລ້ານໂດລາເພື່ອຊ່ວຍດິນແດນຂອງສະຫະລັດ ຫລັງຈາກປະສົບກັບພາຍຸໃນເດືອນແລ້ວນີ້.
ທ່ານໄດ້ປະກາດວ່າ ລັດຖະບານຂອງທ່ານໄດ້ໃຫ້ຄວາມໝັ້ນໝາຍ ທີ່ຈະສ້າງສາເປີໂຕຣິໂກ ຄືນໃໝ່ ແລະກ່າວວ່າ ຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ເປັນທີ່ແນ່ນອນວ່າ ຈະໄດ້ຮັບ “ທຸກໂດລາທີ່ໄດ້ໃຫ້ຄຳໝັ້ນສັນຍາໄວ້” ຫລັງຈາກພາຍຸ.
ທ່ານໄບເດັນ ກ່າວວ່າ “ພວກເຮົາຈະບໍ່ໜີຈາກທີ່ນີ້ ຕາບໃດທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຍັງເປັນປະທານາທິບໍດີ ຈົນກວ່າວ່າທຸກສິ່ງຢ່າງ ທີ່ພວກເຮົາສາມາດເຮັດ ໄດ້ສຳເລັດເສັດສິ້ນ.”
ທຳນຽບຂາວກ່າວວ່າ 60 ລ້ານໂດລາ ທີ່ເປັນກອງທຶນໃໝ່ຈະມາຈາກປີກາຍນີ້ຂອງກົດໝາຍພື້ນຖານໂຄງລ່າງຂອງທັງສອງພັກຝ່າຍ ແລະຈະໃຊ້ເພື່ອເສີມຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງໃຫ້ແກ່ຄູຕ້ານນ້ຳແລະກຳແພງກັນນ້ຳຖ້ວມ ພ້ອມທັງສ້າງລະບົບເຕືອນໄພນ້ຳຖ້ວມຢູ່ໃນດິນແດນແຫ່ງນີ້.
ເຮີຣິເຄນ ຟິໂອນາ ໄດ້ພັດຖະຫລົ່ມເປີໂຕຣິໂກ ໃນວັນທີ 18 ກັນຍາ ແລະໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ໄຟຟ້າມອດໝົດທັງເກາະ.
ຜູ້ປົກຄອງເກາະເປີໂຕຣິໂກ ທ່ານເປໂດຣ ປີແອລຸຍຊີ ກ່າວໃນວັນຈັນວານນີ້ວ່າ ພະລັງໄຟຟ້າໄດ້ກັບຄືນມາ 93 ເປີເຊັນແລ້ວ ສຳລັບປະຊາຊົນ.
ພາກສ່ວນທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມເສຍຫາຍຢ່າງໜັກ ໃນພາກຕາເວັນຕົກແລະພາກໃຕ້ຂອງເປີໂຕຣິໂກ ຍັງສືບຕໍ່ພາກັນດີ້ນຮົນບໍ່ມີໄຟຟ້າໃຊ້ເທື່ອ.
ດິນແດນດັ່ງກ່າວ ຍັງບໍ່ທັນຟື້ນໂຕມາຢ່າງເຕັມອັດຕາ ຈາກເຮຣິເຄນມາເຣຍ ທີ່ມີຄວາມແຮງໃນລະດັບ 5 ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ພັດເຂົ້າຖະຫລົ່ມເກາະແຫ່ງນີ້ ເມືີ່ອຫ້າປີກ່ອນ ໃນເດືອນກັນຍາ.
ປະທານາທິບໍດີໄບເດັນ ກ່າວວ່າ ເປີໂຕຣິໂກ ຕ້ອງສ້າງສາຄືນໃໝ່ ໂດຍຄິດວ່າ ຈະມີລົມພາຍຸເກີດຂຶ້ນອີກ ໃນອະນາຄົດ.
U.S. President Joe Biden surveyed damage Monday from Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico and pledged more than $60 million in aid to help the U.S. territory in the aftermath of last month’s storm.
“We’re investing in Puerto Rico’s roads, bridges, public transit, ports, airports, water safety and high-speed internet,” Biden said in the southern city of Ponce, hard hit by the hurricane.
He pledged that his administration was committed to rebuilding Puerto Rico and said he would make sure it got “every single dollar promised” after the storm.
“We are not leaving here as long as I’m president, until every single thing we can do is done,” Biden said.
The White House said the $60 million in new funding would come from last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law and would be used to bolster levees and flood walls as well as to create a flood warning system in the territory.
Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico on September 18 and knocked out power to the entire island.
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi said Monday that power had been restored to 93% of residents.
Parts of the hardest-hit areas in the western and southern parts of Puerto Rico were still struggling without power.
The territory has still not completely recovered from Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm that struck the island five years ago in September.
Biden said Puerto Rico must rebuild with future storms in mind.
“We know that the climate crisis and more extreme weather will continue to hit this island and hit the United States overall. And as we rebuild, we have to ensure that we rebuild it to last,” he said.
Before leaving the White House, Biden told reporters he was traveling to Puerto Rico because “they haven’t been taken very good care of,” an apparent reference to the Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Maria.
While in Puerto Rico, Biden, who is traveling with his wife, Jill, is meeting with families and community leaders working to rebuild after the storm.
Biden is due to travel Wednesday to the southeastern U.S. state of Florida — hit by Hurricane Ian last week.
Some information in this report came from The Associated Press and Reuters.
