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Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Deepens | US News
Over 180,000 households in San Juan and surrounding areas of Puerto Rico are now facing brutal water rationing—up to 72 hours without running water—with no clear end in sight. Caused by a severe drought and decades of neglected infrastructure, residents have endured at least 118 days of outages last year alone. People are scrambling to fill buckets and jugs, while seniors rely on neighbors for help and families face steep costs for bottled water. Meteorologists say the island needs heavy rainfall from multiple storms to recover, but officials admit past mismanagement has left them vulnerable…
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