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Hot, isolated, and running out of supplies, parts of Puerto Rico near desperation

Meryanne Aldea lost everything at her house in Juncos when the winds of Hurricane Maria ripped away the roof. The Puerto Rico town remains largely isolated from the rest of the island - and the world. Photo for The Washington Post by Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo
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The Washington Post · Samantha Schmidt, Joel Achenbach

JUNCOS, PUERTO RICO -- In the heat and humidity here in the central mountains, Meryanne Aldea fanned her bedridden mother with a piece of cardboard Sunday as the ailing woman lay on her side, relieving a large ulcer in her back.

The 63-year-old mother, Maria Dolores Hernandez, had cotton stuffed in her ears to keep flies out, since her now screenless…

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