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 / Updated By Daniella Silva and Suzanne Gamboa 
 
 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans remained in survival mode on the eve of President Donald Trump's visit — and many residents were downright exasperated. 
 
 "He's pretty late," Bethsaida Colón said Monday as she waited in a wheelchair in line at the airport, bound for New York. "His general came here eight days late." 
 
 The president and first lady Melania Trump's visit on Tuesday — which will include meeting with survivors, and briefings with senior political figures and military personnel — has been preceded by escalating criticism that his administration has responded too slowly to the hurricane that left virtually all of Puerto Rico without electricity and basic necessities in September. 
 
 "He should have come sooner. What we're living here is a crisis," Michael Garcia, 26, of Mayagüez on the west coast of the island, said in Spanish. 
 
 Garcia, who has two young children, was returning to the island for the first time since the storm hit on Sept. 20 — after being stuck on the mainland while on vacation in Orlando, Florida. 
 
 "I still haven't seen my house and my kids," he said. "I've been worried." 
 
 Garcia said he believed if Trump had come sooner, relief efforts on the island would be further along by now. 
 
 People in the San Juan airport await flights on Monday on the eve of President Donald Trump's visit to Puerto Rico. Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News 
 
 "I hope that he will be able to do something. To help us, send more food, send more people to fix the electricity," he said. 
 
 Only about a quarter of Puerto Rican households are expected to regain power by next month and about half currently have no running water, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, said at a news conference Monday. 
 
 And cell-phone communication remained an issue, with mobile service returned to only about a third of the island. 
 
 Even in metropolitan San Juan, cell coverage remained spotty in areas and debris from trees and other rubble lined the roads. People would pull over their cars on the shoulder of the highway near the airport in the hopes of getting cell service. 
 
 People wait at the Jose de Diego Elementary School to file FEMA forms for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on Monday in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Carlos Giusti / AP 
 
 Bruce Sparks, 49, on the island from New York, said one benefit of Trump's visit would be that officials would have to clean up San Juan for just him. 
 
 But "it's not going to help all the other" regions, he said. 
 
 "It looks like more could've been done. They could've sent some things earlier," he said. 
 
 Sparks was headed to Cayagues to check in on his mother-in-law. He spoke with her shortly after the storm, but has not heard from her since, he said. Sparks was going to drive to her house and try bring her back to the mainland, he said. 
 
 Jasmin Rivera Woods, 38, hauled 200 pounds of canned food and clothes in her checked luggage when she flew from New York to San Juan on Monday. 
 
 She was ultimately headed to Guayama in the south to check on her aunt, uncle and cousins. She last heard from her aunt on Facebook about a week after hurricane they were surviving on cookies and water they captured in buckets. 
 
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 She hoped Trump's visit would be "positive." 
 
 "My concern is that he takes a lot of things personal and he needs to just stay focused and if we get Puerto Rico back on its feet, it's a win on him, no matter who likes him or doesn't like him," Rivera Woods said. 
 
 Some Puerto Ricans hoped Trump would see just how dire conditions are for those who remain. 
 
 "He'll see our needs and that we're going through a very difficult period," Maribel Rodriguez, 53, of the municipality of Hormigueros, said in Spanish. 
 
 "We're leaving our island right now because even the most basic services are paralyzed. Fundamental needs," said Rodriguez from the airport, while waiting in line for a flight to New York with her wheelchair-bound mother. 
 
 "For example, my mom has heart problems and the closest hospital is closed we had to decide to leave our island and leave behind our families," she said. 
 
 People wait in the departures area of the airport on October 2, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Brock Stoneham / NBC News 
 
 Rodríguez said Hormigueros, which is on the east side of the island "was devastated" by the storm. 
 
 She said she hadn't personally seen a heavy government presence where she lived, from either federal or local officials. 
 
 "We need them to move ... and to bring attention to the island because if not, there might be more illnesses and it'll be more difficult to resolve the problems we have," she said. 
 
 "I think that now that we see that this is affecting all Puerto Ricans, [Trump] should really come so he can live what we have been living," she added. ||||| In this Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 photo, Angel Rodriguez poses next to his belongings in front of his house, destroyed by Hurricane Maria, in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Rodriguez... (Associated Press) 
 
 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Outside of official events, many Puerto Ricans say they won't be welcoming President Donald Trump with open arms during his visit to the storm-wracked island on Tuesday. 
 
 People in the U.S. territory were angry or dismissive Monday when asked about Trump's description of some Puerto Ricans who have criticized the U.S. government's aid after Hurricane Maria as "ingrates" and about his assurances that the relief effort is going well. 
 
 "He's a piece of trash," Rachel Cruz, a linguist, said as she head home after buying groceries in the capital, San Juan. "He makes a fool out of himself and a fool out of his country." 
 
 Cruz said Puerto Ricans are furious with power still cut off on most of the island, schools and many businesses closed, and much of the countryside struggling to find fresh water and food, but she said even the angriest were unlikely to openly insult the man ultimately responsible for helping them. 
 
 "The majority of people here feel that way, but we have to be more balanced because we need help," she said. 
 
 Even those happy with the federal aid effort for the U.S. territory's 3.4 million people said they resented Trump's tweets about some Puerto Ricans being lazy and ungrateful. 
 
 "We appreciate all the help that we've received, but his comments are not true," said Nancy Rivera, a private school principal who was out buying bread. "We don't deserve that." 
 
 Rivera and her husband live in the north coastal town of Toa Baja, which was one of the hardest hit by Maria and where dozens of people had to be rescued from rooftops amid widespread flooding. The couple has moved temporarily to their son's apartment in San Juan. 
 
 Gov. Ricardo Rossello, however, praised federal and state officials for the resources and help they have provided, but he also noted that Puerto Rico has long been struggling because of its territorial status. 
 
 "I invite all of you to consider, to think of Puerto Ricans as your constituents," said Rossello, who supports statehood for the island. "Think about it as a moral imperative because we are U.S. citizens but more importantly, we're all equal as human beings." 
 
 The governor said water service has been restored to about 50 percent of customers across Puerto Rico. Rossello said he hopes 25 percent of electricity customers will have power by the end of October. Officials have said power would be restored to the entire island before March. 
 
 Rossello also announced that the wait time to buy gasoline had diminished from seven hours to one hour around San Juan in recent days and that nearly 40 percent of cellphone clients have service. 
 
 Many Puerto Ricans, including Noelys Martinez, a call center worker, expressed doubt that Trump's visit would change anything. 
 
 "The lights are not going to come back on because of him," she said as she strolled near a park eating ice cream. 
 
 Angel Tomas Crispin, manager of a convenience store that was doing brisk business as people sought to restock basic supplies, didn't have kind words for the president. "Donald Trump is not the solution for Puerto Rico," he said. 
 
 Crispin said he was angered by Trump's comments about the island. "All this money he has, and all the education he has, and he's ignorant." 
 
 Luis Torres, a retiree taking an evening walk with his wife, Marina, said Trump isn't welcome. 
 
 "As far as I'm concerned, he shouldn't come," Torres said. 
 
 His wife nodded aggressively. 
 
 "He has expressed himself in such a disrespectful way. Extremely unnecessary and extremely insensitive," she said. "It's very sad." ||||| Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption 'After nine days of waiting help is here' 
 
 The Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, says US federal support has surged ahead of President Trump's visit. 
 
 Mr Trump flew in to the US territory for a short visit on Tuesday morning. 
 
 He has fiercely rejected criticism of the relief effort after Hurricane Maria struck the island nearly two weeks ago. 
 
 The governor said over 1.5 million barrels of fuel would reach Puerto Rico in the coming days. 
 
 He said about half of Puerto Rico now had water supplies. 
 
 Federal authorities say more than 10,000 relief workers are now on the ground covering the whole island. 
 
 Seven graphics that sum up Puerto Rico disaster 
 
 Governor Rossello said about a quarter of Puerto Rico would regain power by next month with around 10% of households expected to have electricity in the next two weeks. 
 
 He added that almost half - 47% - of residents had running water and the number would climb to 60% by the end of the week. 
 
 Mobile phone service has been restored to 40% of the population although some areas are still cut off from communication. 
 
 The governor said the most pressing issues were getting diesel fuel to hospitals so they could run generators to provide electricity. 
 
 Around 10 hospitals have power but some have shut down temporarily. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption The US Navy hospital ship Comfort is due to arrive in Puerto Rico in about a day's time 
 
 Mr Rossello explained that the critical issue was how to distribute water, food and medicines to neighbourhoods and towns with many roads impassable or damaged. 
 
 There are still around 8,000 people in around 140 shelters around the island. 
 
 Speaking shortly before he departed for Puerto Rico, US President Donald Trump said: "Now the roads are cleared and communication is starting to come back." 
 
 He added that Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of the island's capital San Juan, had "come back a long way" since he criticised her on Saturday. 
 
 President Trump had posted a series of tweets in which he said Puerto Rican officials showed "poor leadership ability" and "want everything to be done for them". 
 
 Image copyright EPA Image caption Puerto Rican singers Luis Fonsi (L) and Ricky Martin (C) arrived at the international airport of San Juan to deliver humanitarian aid along with other Latin pop stars 
 
 On Monday, Ricardo Rosello greeted at the airport a group of Latin pop music stars led by Puerto Rican singer, Luis Fonsi, known for his global hit "Despacito", who flew to San Juan to deliver humanitarian aid to victim of the hurricane. 
 
 Among the group were Ricky Martin, Chayanne, Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Nicky Jam. 
 
 President Donald Trump has defended his administration's efforts in Puerto Rico, tweeting: "We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. 
 
 "Outside of the Fake news or politically motivated ingrates people are now starting to recognize the amazing work that has been done by FEMA and our great Military."
– President Trump is planning to meet hurricane victims as well as officials and first responders when he visits Puerto Rico on Tuesday—but not everybody will be happy to see him. The AP spoke to residents angry about the president's description of some officials as "ingrates" who "want everything to be done for them." "He makes a fool out of himself and a fool out of his country," says linguist Rachel Cruz. She says most struggling Puerto Ricans feel the same way but they are unlikely to insult Trump because they still need his help. School principal Nancy Rivera says people appreciate the aid that has been received, but "his comments are not true." 'We don't deserve that," she says. Other residents say they wish Trump had come sooner and they hope federal aid will be stepped up when he sees the devastation left by Hurricane Maria for himself, NBC News reports. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello says aid already surged in the days before Trump's visit, the BBC reports. He says around half the island's 3.4 million people now have running water, and 10% of residents will have power restored within the next two weeks. Federal officials say there are now 10,000 relief workers on the island. The White House says the president and First Lady Melania Trump will meet Rossello and other officials after receiving a briefing on relief efforts and meeting residents impacted by the hurricane.