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Surrounding his death. over the same month last year, the number of deaths in puerto rico increased by 472. the government is reporting 55 people died at the hands of hurricane maria. this is puerto rico's secretary of public safety in charge of the death count. >> it appears for whatever reason that the death toll is much higher than what has been reported. >> reporter: politicians, news outlets, like cnn, have raised questions about the accuracy of those numbers. so we decided to count for ourselves. cnn called 279 funeral homes. we were only able to reach about half of them. we asked how ma...

Today. he had a heart attack in february but the family says he recovered, boarded up windows himself the day before the storm. just minutes before maria made landfall he tells us her father complained of breathing complications. when her uncle called 911, he says help was not available in the interior part of the island. >> nobody from the government has come to ask questions about the cause or the situation surrounding his death. >> over the same month last year, the number of deaths in puerto rico increased by 472, and the government is reporting 55 people died at the hands of hurricane mar...

Have come to ask questions about the cause or situation surrounding his death. >> reporter: over the same month last year, the number of deathing in puerto rico increased by 472. the government is reporting 55 people died at the hands of hurricane maria. >> it's accurate based on the factual information that we received, yes. >> reporter: this is puerto rico's public safety in charge of the death count. >> it appears for whatever reason the death toll is much higher than what has been reported. >> reporter: politicians, news outlets like cnn have raised accuracy about the numbers. we decided t...

Rico increased by 472. the government is reporting 55 people died at the hands of hurricane maria. >> it's accurate based on the factual information that we received, yes. >> reporter: this is puerto rico's secretary of public safety in charge of the death count. it appears for whatever reason that the death toll is much higher than what has been reported. politicians, news outlets like cnn, have raised questions about the accuracy of those numbers. so we decided to count for ourselves. cnn called 279 funeral homes. we were only able to reach about half of them. we asked, how many of the death...

Father complained of breathing complications. when her uncle calls 911, he was told help was not available. >> no one has come to ask questions regarding the cause or the situation surrounding his death. >> reporter: over the same month last year, the number of deaths increased by 472. the government is reporting 55 people died at the hands of hurricane maria. >> it's accurate based on the factual information we received, yes. >> reporter: this is puerto rico's official in charge. politicians news outlets like cnn has raced againsts about the accuracy of the numbers. so we decided to count for...