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PHOTOS: Puerto Rico is still devastated 4 months after Hurricane Maria - Business Insider
Guess someone figured that out.
Read today they had halted all assistance- considered it a DFM.The lights are still out for nearly half a million Puerto Ricans.
After Hurricane Maria struck the US territory on September 20, a crippling blackout descended over its 3.4 million residents, cutting communication between loved ones, spoiling food and life-saving medications, and nixing access to banks and clean water.
The death toll, initially estimated at 64, is now thought to be at least 1,000, according to a recent New York Times analysis. Earlier this week, FEMA told NPR is was "officially shutting off" aid to the US territory on January 31, but on Wednesday the agency reversed course and said an end date for support was not yet set.
Nearly four months after the storm, more than 450,000 Puerto Ricans remain without power, and thousands have no clean water.
Guess someone figured that out.