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    After storm, Puerto Rico's capital dreads what's next

    by By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Sep 26, 2017 5 minutes

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Here at the massive Luis Llorens Torres public housing complex on the east side of this wrecked capital, black floodwater stood stagnant as heaps of garbage grew higher.

    "We have a car, but we can't go anywhere because of the water," said one resident, 63-year-old Juan Lopez, a retired security guard who was subsisting on spaghetti that he cooked on a propane stove, canned sausages and cookies.

    Diabetic and disabled, he had enough food for three more days. His $888 monthly Social Security check - his only source of income - was supposed to arrive Wednesday, but with the banks still closed, he was not sure he would be able to cash it.

    "They say they will open tomorrow, but who knows?" Lopez said, sitting shirtless in

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