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A Puerto Rican national flag is mounted on debris of a damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in the seaside slum La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 5, 2017. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo
Puerto Rico’s governor has raised the official number of people who died due to Hurricane Maria to 2,975, making the storm the deadliest in U.S. history.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello commissioned an independent report from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.