Hurricane Maria’s official death toll just jumped from 64 to 2,975

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By Eric HolthausAug 28, 2018, 7:49 pm317 pts
A new report commissioned by the Puerto Rico government estimated that 2,975 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. On Tuesday, Governor Ricardo Rosselló officially raised the hurricane’s death toll to match the report’s findings, making Maria the deadliest U.S. hurricane since a 1900 storm that…

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