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Restoring full power to Puerto Rico 'could take a year'

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Restoring full power to Puerto Rico 'could take a year'

As the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico remains without power after Hurricane Maria pummeled it earlier this week, authorities are worried that an 88-year-old dam that was swollen with more than a foot of rain might flood the homes of 70,000 people living below it. For more on the dire situation, Jessica Ríos Viner reporter with the newspaper El Nuevo Día, joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype.

09/23/2017

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