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Nydia Velázquez: “The truth is before the hurricanes made landfall it was widely known that if a natural disaster... were to hit the…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2018
The truth is before the hurricanes made landfall it was widely known that if a natural disaster... were to hit the island, the most vulnerable asset was Puerto Rico's energy grid.
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

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Velazquez highlights the vulnerability of Puerto Rico's energy infrastructure before the hurricanes.

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