Amid the search, the Coast Guard warned beachgoers and boaters of high surf and "life-threatening rip currents" that are expected through the weekend in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. "This month has been deadly when it comes to beach drownings in the area of Puerto Rico...
— Manejo de Emergencias (@NMEADpr)March 28, 2024 Also on Wednesday, another American tourist died in northwest Puerto Rico after authorities said he rescued his teenage children who had been swept away by heavy surf. "This month has been deadly when it comes to beach drownings in the area...
The new report says the lower figure only took into account direct causes of death like flying debris and drownings and not a broader increase in mortality rates resulting from the catastrophe. The revised toll from Hurricane Maria is now nearly identical to the number of people who died ...
— Manejo de Emergencias (@NMEADpr)March 28, 2024 Also on Wednesday, another American tourist died in northwest Puerto Rico after authorities said he rescued his teenage children who had been swept away by heavy surf. "This month has been deadly when it comes to beach drownings in the area...
Puerto Rico - Political Status, Debate, Sovereignty: In 1952, after Puerto Rico was granted commonwealth status, the United States advised the United Nations (UN) that the island was a self-governing territory. However, dissatisfaction with the island’s
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José S. Rosado, executive director of the medical center, said in October that no deaths from that hospital had been sent to San Juan for forensic analysis. Only blunt trauma, drownings, falls, crime scene victims and bodies that are found dead on arrival, among others, should be sent to...