SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — When they meet the families whose damaged roofs they’re about to repair, Luis Marrero’s crews often ask which of the hurricanes was to blame. Was it Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in late September 2017? Or was it Irma, which lashed the island two weeks earlier?
“A lot of them — about 10% — say neither,” Marrero said. “They say it was Georges that destroyed their roof.”
Hurricane Georges, a Category 4 monster, struck Puerto Rico in 1998.
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