Just last week, almost a year after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, Puerto Rico’s power authority announced that electricity was finally fully restored to the island’s residents. The World’s Carolyn Beeler reports that it’s mostly true. She went to Puerto Rico and talked to one resident who is still waiting for the power to return.
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