What's standing in the way of Puerto Rico's recovery

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Puerto Rico is recovering from Hurricane Fiona which hit last month. It’s also still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which hit more than 5 years ago. So, what’s holding back Puerto Rico’s recovery? Adi Martinez-Roman and Deepak Lamba-Nieves join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:18.9	Tonight's more than 3 million in Puerto Rico are in the dark,
0:24.2	potentially without power for four to six months.
0:28.9	We are outside of San Juan in the town of Guaynabo.
0:31.2	It was hit very hard.
0:32.4	A lot of destruction to homes, down trees and power lines as well.
0:35.9	And now they're dealing with this flooding in every direction.
0:39.4	The emergency management director saying the entire island is destroyed.
0:43.4	Many of these homes not built to withstand any hurricane.
0:46.6	Let alone a category four.
0:50.0	This is on point.
0:51.2	I'm Megna Chacrabardi.
0:52.6	And that category four storm was hurricane Maria.
0:56.8	September 20th, 2017.
0:59.6	The first category four hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in almost a century.
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