BREAKING US Army says 55% of “customers” (1.87m people) on Puerto Rico have no drinking water, up from 44% (1.5m) in the past four days.

— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) September 30, 2017

The number of people without drinking water in Puerto Rico now exceeds the population of Washington, Boston, and Atlanta—combined. https://t.co/4AU41HCYG6

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) October 1, 2017

We are staring at the prospect of genocide by neglect, a mass death of Latinos under a @POTUS who launched his campaign by maligning them. https://t.co/t46gJ1lRbe

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) October 1, 2017

White House: “The storm caused these problems, not our response to it.”