UPDATE 2-Cash demand soars in Puerto Rico after hurricane hit ATMs, card systems
September 27, 2017 at 17:52 PM EDT
NEW YORK/SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Demand for cash in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico is "extraordinarily high" after power outages knocked out electronic transactions and ATMs but needs were being met for now, a Federal Reserve branch said on Wednesday.