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Hurricane Maria Killed More People Than Katrina and 9/11 Combined: Harvard Study

WORSE THAN IMAGINED

The Puerto Rican government’s death toll for a storm is just 64. Researchers who surveyed residents estimate the real toll is 70 times higher.

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Tanya Basu 

Senior Editor, Science

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