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Troops Making Drinkable Water Available To Puerto Rico

A U.S. Army soldier starts to unload a shipment of water, provided by FEMA, in a neighborhood without grid electricity or running water on Oct. 17, 2017 in San Isidro, Puerto Rico. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A U.S. Army soldier starts to unload a shipment of water, provided by FEMA, in a neighborhood without grid electricity or running water on Oct. 17, 2017 in San Isidro, Puerto Rico. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Water — especially safe, drinkable water — is still hard to find in much of Puerto Rico nearly two months after Hurricane Maria tore into the island. In an isolated pocket of the central mountains that was among the worst hit areas, a tiny team of soldiers from Fort Bragg is helping meet that need.

Jay Price (@JayatWUNC) of WUNC spent time with the seven soldiers.

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