Puerto Rico Rations Water as Drought Deepens

More than 180,000 customers in Puerto Rico are facing rotating 48-hour water outages as severe drought compounds longstanding problems with the island’s water infrastructure. Resident Commissioner Representative Pablo José Hernández joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend and calls for a federal emergency declaration to unlock additional assistance and said poor…

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