Puerto Rico raises from 64 to almost 3,000 the fatalities of hurricane 'María'

[Blexfraptor]

Almost a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island is still trying to recover from the destruction of infrastructure, lack of water and power cuts.

The Government of Puerto Rico has raised to 2,975 this Tuesday the number of people who lost their lives as a result of the ravages caused by Hurricane Maria as it passed through the island in September 2017, a figure well above the 64 deaths that were listed so far as official balance.

Ricardo Rosselló, the Puerto Rican governor, has validated the conclusions of a report that his administration had commissioned to the George Washington University and that takes into account the victims directly or indirectly attributable to the hurricane between September 2017 and February 2018.

This report comes after another from Harvard University established the number of deaths due to the hurricane in 4.645, although the experts at George Washignton University maintain that in their case they have taken into account the people who left the island. According to the calculations of the last study, the po[CENSORED]tion of Puerto Rico was reduced by 8%.

The storm was especially heavy with the poorest areas, where the probability of losing life was 60% higher, and with older people, among whom the risk also

it skyrocketed 35%. However, investigators now hope to interview deceased families to determine how many of the 2,975 deaths were directly due to the hurricane.

Admit errors

Almost a year after the hurricane devastated Puerto Rico, the island continues to try to recover from the destruction of infrastructure, lack of water, power cuts and problems in essential services. Property damage would be valued at around 77,000 million euros.

The disaster also caused a pulse between the local government and that of Donald Trump due to guilt and responsibility, although Rosselló has now acknowledged the "mistakes" committed. "We had a protocol, we did not realize until a little later that it was totally insufficient," he admitted.

The governor has come to the step of those who criticize the delay in updating the balance of victims and has argued that "at that time was the number that was had."