EDITORIAL: Remember hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico
Even if the death count in
Still, many people were rightfully stunned by survey results published last week in the
Anywhere between 793 and 8,498 people may have died in the hurricane and its aftermath, with the midpoint estimated at 4,645 possible deaths, according to the team led by Harvard researchers. Among the households surveyed, one-third of the deaths reported were attributed to delays in accessing medical care after the storm.
On Friday, Puerto Rican health officials released new data showing that 1,397 additional deaths occurred on the island in the months after Hurricane Maria than in the same period the previous year.
That astonishing figure approaches the 1,833 people who died after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This harsh reality belies President
A low death toll would not have excused the
As the storm neared the island, federal officials should have known
Local government missteps, including a questionable electrical-repair contract, certainly did not help. But the deeper question remains why an island populated with millions of
"I think with
Hurricane season is descending once again on the
Members of
Whether Hurricane Maria killed a few dozen Americans or 4,600 after it slammed into
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