The Hill: The number of Puerto Ricans without access to drinking water has risen sharply, the Defense Department announced on Saturday.
Fifty-five percent of the population did not have access to drinking water, the Pentagon said in a Saturday press release.
The military said last week that 44 percent of the island did not have access to drinking water.
A Navy hospital ship is expected to reach the island on Wednesday, the Pentagon said.
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