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infrastructural

[in-fruh-struhk-cher-uhl]

adjective

  1. of or relating to infrastructure, especially in physical, social, or military contexts.



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In collaboration with Puerto Rican investigative journalist Bianca Graulau, the short film shed light on the recurring blackouts in Puerto Rico after 2017’s Hurricane Maria and how the government’s lackluster recovery efforts exacerbated the greater infrastructural crisis — all of which they strongly consider to be byproducts of U.S. colonialism.

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The NHC warned of "catastrophic" flash flooding, landslides and destructive winds that could cause lengthy power and communications outages, along with "extensive infrastructural damage."

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“Destructive winds, especially in the mountains, will begin by this evening, leading to extensive infrastructural damage, long-lasting power and communication outages, and isolated communities,” the National Hurricane Center said Monday.

Residents in southwestern Haiti should begin "immediate preparations to protect life and property," the NHC said, warning the storm will likely cause "extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities."

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“Several times as many more have been killed as a reverberating effect of the wars — because, for example, of water loss, sewage and other infrastructural issues, and war-related disease.”

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