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Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico woke up with no running water as the island began rationing due to intense drought. Infrastructure problems compound the crisis.
Hundreds of thousands of residents in Puerto Rico woke up with no running water as the island formally began rationing due to severe drought. Infrastructure problems are making the crisis worse — the system can't deliver what water exists.
Water rationing isn't a temporary inconvenience; it's a sign of cascading failure. Drought happens, but if infrastructure is broken, the island can't even store and distribute what rainfall does occur. Puerto Rico's infrastructure has been underfunded for years, and a historic drought is exposing how fragile that situation really is. This will take months or longer to resolve, not weeks.
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