Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Dramatic Increase in Official Death Toll from Hurricane Maria


A new analysis of Hurricane Maria's deadly charge through Puerto Rico a year ago has prompted the US government to sharply increase the official death toll from the storm.


The government now estimates nearly  50 times as many people died as a result of the storm as previously estimated. 


And as US Correspondent Rachel Silverman reports, it has renewed criticism of the Trump Administrations response to the storm. 


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