Puerto Rico’s top emergencies manager has been sacked after video emerged of a warehouse full of supplies dating back to the devastating Hurricane Maria that hit the island in 2017.

Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced said she wanted answers within 48 hours over the undistributed aid. Sacked director Carlos Acevedo said no-one had been denied “any of the items” found in the warehouse. Since 2017, Puerto Rico has been hit by a series of hurricanes and earthquakes. The island is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, a category-five storm that devastated parts of the Caribbean in September 2017.In Puerto Rico alone, the hurricane is estimated to have killed 2,975 people and caused $100bn (£75bn) of damage.(BBC)…[+]