SAN JUAN, September 26, 2017 – Many people living near a crumbling dam in storm-battered Puerto Rico have evacuated, Governor Ricardo Rossello said on Monday, as he asked for more government aid to avert a humanitarian crisis after Hurricane Maria. Much of the Caribbean island, a U.S. territory with a population of 3.4 million, is […]
Robin Respaut and Dave Graham
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Battered Puerto Rico hospitals on life support after Hurricane Maria
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, Sept 25 – Puerto Rico’s medical services are in critical condition in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The strongest storm to hit the island in decades has left hospitals flooded, strewn with rubble and dependent on diesel generators to keep the neediest patients alive. The precarious shape of the island’s medical […]