. >> reporter: juan rosario know all over the island as a activist worry there's is little to no roommaria's debris. a year before maria the government agreed to close nine of the 12 landfills but they're beyond capacity. it's also what's in the mess. for years the epa has been concerned about dangerous substances from the island's landfills seeping into the soil, potentially contaminating groundwater thinking is a disaster. this is a disaster in the making in the sense that we are going to pay for this not necessarily now, but after. >> reporter: rosario worries more pollutants could be coming in a rush to cleanhis island. polo sandoval, cnn, puerto rico. >> polo, thank you. the cleanup there, at least that continues. and puerto rico will have calm weather. that's good news as it struggles to recover. but the u.s. east coast is in for a chill. our meteorologist ivan cabrera is here with more on that. ivan? >> first we have to get through the rain. good to see you. it's going to be a few days before we get rid of the system, which by the way has already produced in the last six days s