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I’m occasionally going to use this newsletter to update readers about the situation in Puerto Rico, because I think it’s important to keep the crisis there fresh in our minds. There isn’t nearly enough political pressure on the federal government to help the people of Puerto Rico.

The basics. Almost five months after Hurricane Maria hit the island, about 25 percent of residents still lack electrical power.

The official death toll is only 64, but The Times has estimated that the real number may be 1,052.

Thousands of Puerto Ricans have left the island for Florida, and experts estimate that as many as 300,000 more could leave if significant rebuilding doesn’t take place. Without wholesale rebuilding, “the island is likely to find itself back in the same place after the next big storm,” Mekela Panditharatne, an environmental lawyer, wrote in an op-ed this week.