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Puerto Rico's bankruptcy will make hurricane recovery brutal - here's why

After a decade of fiscal decline and a May 2017 bankruptcy, Puerto Rico has become exceptionally vulnerable to disasters

Hurricane Maria: Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 ordered to evacuate
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Hurricane Maria has been blamed for at least 33 deaths, including 15 in Dominica, three in Haiti and two in Guadeloupe. Photo: Reuters

Lauren Lluveras | The Conversation
The United States had already seen its share of disasters, from back-to-back hurricanes that devastated Texas, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands to roaring wildfires in the West.
 
Then, after battering the rest of the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico facing a humanitarian crisis. About a dozen people died in the Sept. 21 storm and the island was plunged into darkness.
Now, some 3.4 million Puerto Ricans – which is to say, 3.4 million American citizens – are confronting life without electricity, gas, cellular service and,

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