According to the Puerto Recan government who told news outlets on Friday (Oct 27), about the people who died as a result of the Hurricane Maria. It authorized 911 cremations following the storm. Officially, the deaths were due to "natural causes." But those bodies reportedly weren't explained by the government medical examiners, and causes of death were determined by reviewing records.
"Natural causes" or "natural deaths" can include heart attacks or lack of oxygen. Whether or not a death is hurricane-related may actually be mostly up to whomever writes the report, and officials reportedly lack guidance or criteria on defining hurricane-related to death.
55 people have reportedly died from the the hurricane so far. Even twenty of those bodies were later cremated.
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