In the News ... "Odessa woman gathering donations to help Hurricane Maria victims"

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• Part of nationwide "Puerto Rico Rises" effort

By Jolina Okazaki, Multimedia Journalist
• KWES-TV

ODESSA, TEXAS - There's signs of help for food and water in Puerto Rico, an island of 3.5 million people. Hurricane Maria killed at least 10 people and its left the island waiting for power. For Katherine Torres, she hasn't heard from her family who live in Ponce since last week.

"Wednesday, we had communication with family members. After that, everything blacked out. No communication, nothing," said Torres. "The first days of last week were horrible, sitting, eating wondering if my family has food in their stomach. There's a lot of people that lost everything."

Although West Texas is out of the island's reach, Katherine decided to change that ...

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