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Why Latino people are on the front lines of climate change

NPR · Rebecca Hersher · last updated

Most residents of Puerto Rico still don’t have electricity or water days after Hurricane Fiona caused floods and landslides. The widespread damage, just five years after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the territory’s infrastructure, revealed how unprotected the island’s 3.2 million residents are as climate change makes hurricanes more powerful and rainy.

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