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Puerto Rico raises official Hurricane Maria death toll from 64 to 2,975
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Aug 28, 2018 07:46pm |
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| Author | Amanda Holpuch |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 28, 2018 07:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Puerto Rico on Tuesday raised the official death toll from Hurricane Maria to 2,975 people – a dramatic increase on the previous official figure of 64 – almost a year after the devastating storm struck the island.
The death toll was changed for the first time since December, following the publication of new research by George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health.
“We never anticipated a scenario of zero communication, zero energy, zero highway access,” Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, told reporters. “I think the lesson is to anticipate the worst.”
This is the first official change to the death toll following efforts by journalists, activists and academics to get the government to officially acknowledge the scale of devastation. |
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