Author: Arelis R. Hernandez
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At least 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, Harvard study estimates, exceeding official toll of 64
CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO — At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds the official government death toll, which stands at 64. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine,…
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Puerto Rico governor orders recount of hurricane death toll
The governor of Puerto Rico ordered all government agencies to reopen their books and initiate a recount and review of certified deathsthat have occurred since Hurricane Maria, after weeks of reporting by various news outlets pointed to a possible severe undercount of storm fatalities. The territorial government has attributed 64 official deaths to the storm…
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Desperate Puerto Ricans line up for water – at a hazardous waste site
DORADO, Puerto Rico – Every 10 minutes or so, a truck or a van pulled up to the exposed spigot of an overgrown well, known as Maguayo #4, that sits not far from a bustling expressway and around the corner from a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop. Fencing around the area had been torn open, and…
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Three weeks since Hurricane Maria, much of Puerto Rico still dark, dry, frustrated
YABUCOA, PUERTO RICO — Late each night, Rafael Surillo Ruiz, the mayor of a town with one of Puerto Rico’s most critical ports, drives for miles on darkened roads, easing around downed power lines and crumpled tree branches – to check his email. At the wheel of his “guagua”- local slang for an SUV –…