Puerto Rico's earthquakes pile up fresh challenges for the US territory
GUAYANILLA, Puerto Rico - The quake-shaken family set up camp outside their home along the southern coast of Puerto Rico with no intention of going back inside anytime soon despite the muggy weather and occasional downpour.
A canopy shielded Marianela Gonzalez Cintron, who is battling pelvic cancer, from the relentless sun as she lay in a lawn chair under a blanket near a cluster of tents.
Her family had opted for the outdoors after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, the strongest to hit the Caribbean Island in more than a century, this week frightened them into thinking they would not escape if another temblor struck their home.
"The house was dancing," said Doris Cintron, Gonzalez Cintron's mother.
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