Puerto Ricans say relief efforts failing them
Friday, September 29, 2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Trump administration declared Thursday its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding, but people on the island said help was scarce and disorganized, while food supplies dwindled in some remote towns eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of 3.4 million people.
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