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Puerto Rico’s governor raised the island’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975 on Tuesday after an independent study found that the number of people who succumbed in the desperate, sweltering months after the storm had been severely undercounted. The new estimate of nearly 3,000 dead in the six months after Maria […]

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According to the Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz,  around 50% of people in Puerto Rico still don’t have access to electricity—and it’s been more than a month since Hurricane Maria made landfall. Many people still lack clean drinking water, proper medical attention, and other basic necessities. To assist Hurricane survivors, Mayor Cruz has […]

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Puerto Rico is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, economies across the Caribbean are on life support, and dozens of people are dead. The region was still recovering from Hurricane Irma when it was pummeled last week by Hurricane Maria. Days after the storm passed, Puerto Rico is still without power and has spotty access […]