Hurricanes drove more than 1,000 medical evacuees from the Virgin Islands. Many can’t go home.

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By Megan JulaJun 3, 2018, 7:58 am175 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Aurio Correa entered the hospital on the island of St. Thomas last August to prepare for knee surgery. The 89-year-old Virgin Islander had Alzheimer’s disease and dementia but was otherwise…

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