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How To Soften The Blow From Recent Hurricanes And Earthquakes

There are numerous ways to donate in the aftermath of devastating hurricanes across the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico.
Search and rescue groups carry a body through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Mexico City on Wednesday.

Back-to-back natural disasters in Mexico and across the Caribbean have left millions of people reeling.

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck central Mexico on Tuesday crumpled buildings and killed more than 200 people. And it hit while Mexico was still recovering from another deadly and powerful earthquake in the southern part of the country.

On Wednesday Hurricane Maria across the entire island. Its rains have led to widespread flooding and its heavy winds took roofs, snapped power lines and uprooted trees."The Puerto Rico and San Juan we knew yesterday is no longer there," Mayor Carmen YulĂ­n Cruz .

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