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In official Maria death toll.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/puerto-rican-bodies-aren-counted-official-death-toll-article-1.3594202
The Puerto Rican government is allowing funeral directors and crematoriums to burn the bodies of Hurricane Maria victims without counting them in the official death toll.
The result is a death count that masks the extent of the hurricanes devastation.
The official death toll now stands at 51, but is widely considered to be a gross underestimation of the actual number of lives lost during and after the hurricane.
Local relief workers estimated that more than 400 bodies were packed into a morgue in Aguadilla, in the U.S. territorys northwestern tip, and Reps. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) have called for an investigation into underreporting in the official death toll following the hurricane.
Wait, let's investigate Hillary again.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)global1
(25,241 posts)are they taking orders from Trump to undercount? Why would the PR Government want to undercount? However, Trump has a motive to undercount. He was taking pride in the fact that the death toll was low. I don't think he can handle a big death toll on his watch.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)and we're not getting the truth.