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Puerto Rico struggles to prepare as Dorian gains strength

by Andy Uhler

Aug 26, 2019

Sixty percent of the island's population doesn't have the resources to prepare for the storm, one expert says.

People walk across a flooded street in Juana Matos, Puerto Rico, in September 2017. The U.S. territory faced dangerous flooding and an islandwide power outage following Hurricane Maria.

Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images)

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