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Scores Of People In Puerto Rico Remain Without Shelter, Power Days After 6.4 Quake

Some 2,000 people have been displaced, according to one humanitarian group's estimate. But there are hopeful signs. Puerto Rico's utility says roughly 80% of its customers have their electricity back.
A Puerto Rican flag waves on top of a pile of rubble as debris is removed from a main road in Guánica.

Thousands of people in Puerto Rico still don't have permanent shelter three days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake walloped the Caribbean island, killing one man and injuring nine people. Millions still don't have electricity.

The quake has displaced an estimated 2,000 people, according to the humanitarian organization Direct Relief.

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