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Pedro Pierluisi: “The damage that we have suffered, because of this hurricane, is rain-related, mostly. It's going to - by the time, the…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2022
The damage that we have suffered, because of this hurricane, is rain-related, mostly. It's going to - by the time, the tail leaves Puerto Rico, we will have gotten roughly 35 inches of rain. That's a huge amount of rain.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Governor Pierluisi discusses the extent of damage caused by Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico.

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