Puerto Ricans may be facing a mental health crisis, experts say.
Hundreds of residents across Puerto Rico were evacuated or rescued as floodwaters grew increasingly dangerous from Hurricane Fiona.In the days after Hurricane Fiona, Dr. Brenda Rivera-García sat at home without electricity, water and Wi-Fi in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The inadequate local and federal responses to these natural disasters adds another layer of despair as many Puerto Ricans struggle with the island's economic and political status as a U.S. territory. The hotline received nearly 3,000 calls in the five days after the storm, with over 1,900 related to Fiona, ASSMCA director Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Mateos told USA TODAY. That’s double what the hotline typically gets in a normal week.
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