Many homes were not built of concrete, especially in the more rural areas. My son, in a 3 story concrete building with his apartment facing away from the storm path had their floor flooded from water that blew under the front door. Otherwise, no damage, but no water for weeks, and no electricity for months, no public school, but the private school was in class after 2 or 3 months. See the link below for pictures of the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in PR. In one photo I see 8 dead livestock. I wonder how many cows, goats, pigs, chickens, etc. died depriving the island of important food sources. The second link is labeled damage rather than aftermath.
Only deaths provided a death certificate had been officially counted. It took weeks to get to some areas and isolated homes. If many more DCs have been issued I image some may be afraid to issue the numbers. The link below provides details on the Harvard study including a link to the study itself which has been published in the New England J. of Medicine. Also details on general aftermath conditions reported by those interviewed. Some who criticize PR seem to forget they had already been hammered by a major hurricane that swept the north coast only two weeks earlier.
Also see other information in my comments 66 and 67.
Yes, you’ve managed to describe “rural Puerto” to a tee. So how come, since it’s been part of the United States for what, 100 years, it’s still a third-world place? And don’t give us that $hit about the government not caring, because they are self-governing and they still manage to pick the worst of their lot to “govern” them! The truth is, looking around the Western Hemisphere, the countries inhabited and/or governed by folks from Spain and Portugal have never managed to run themselves successfully for more than a few years at a stretch. Here, only the United States and Canada have been able to develop relatively decent societies, and the Canadians have had to do it with a bunch of recalcitrant Frenchmen as their cross to carry.
“Actual data on deaths in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria debunks Harvard study that media used to bash Trump “