A Rochester woman is waiting for word from her relatives in Puerto Rico, which has been slammed by Hurricane Maria, the strongest hurricane to hit the island in over 80 years.
Carmen Rosa is office manager at Ibero-American Action League.
She says she last talked to her mother Tuesday night, after her mother traveled to Puerto Rico, despite the fact a hurricane was bearing down on the island.
"Seemed that everyone was calm, and I was asking my mother, 'You think you're going to be safe in the house?' Yes, I'm going to be safe over here, and I have to be up, til we face Maria,'" she said.
The storm hit the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa this moring, where her family is located, and Rosa says she has been unable to reach anyone since then.
It was the second time Puerto Rico was hit with a hurricane in two weeks.
Rosa's family has been through both.
She says she talked to them last night, and her family gathered supplies for several days, and covered some windows in preparation for the storm.
"They didn't have the chance, or the money, to cover (all) the windows, areas that may be impacted by the hurricane. We don't know how it's going to look today," she said.
Rosa says she and her sister were trying to reach relatives there, but had no luck.
Despite two recent hurricanes, Irma and now Maria, Rosa is confident her family will remain in Puerto Rico.
She plans to visit her relatives later this fall.