Loíza, PR, September 21, 2017 – Members of the community of Miñi Miñi use diggers to help get their neighbors out of flooded areas. Loíza is a coastal municipality that got severely affected by Hurricane Maria. Yuisa Rios/FEMA
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Jayuya, PR, October 9, 2017 – Destroyed home by Rising water levels from Hurricane Maria destoryed this home. After Hurricane Maria, many homes, businesses and government buildings suffer major damages due to strong winds and heavy rain. Photo: Eliud Echevarria / FEMA
An ordinary slate shingle becomes a dangerous projectile in Maria-force hurricane winds. The wind wedged this roofing shingle into a tree trunk. Photo: Gonzalo Ferrer
Crews restore power at the home of Gonzalo Ferrer’s parents in December 2017. Photo: Gonzalo Ferrer
Refuse swept from roadway. Miles of reminders of broken houses and demolished homes. Just one truck in a parade of trash.
Maria’s 175 miles-per-hour wind gusts damaged aircraft in San Juan for repairs or in storage. Photo: FEMA/Andrea Booher
U.S. Army reservists assist in distributing food, water and supplies for infants to Hurricane Maria survivors on October 8, 2017, in Toa Baja. FEMA/Yuisa Rios
A helicopter carries a replacement section of a lattice transmission tower over mountainous terrain in Guayama, Puerto Rico. This April 2018 airlift was part of the ongoing effort to restore power. Photo: FEMA/Christopher Mardorf
Flooding from Maria carried away and destroyed this home in Jayuya, located in Puerto Rico’s mountainous region. Floodwaters and mudslides compounded the challenges these residents faced. Photo: FEMA/Eliud Echevarria
The scene inside a Toa Baja home that had been in 12 feet of floodwater from Hurricane Maria. Photo: FEMA/Eliud Echevarria
The installation of the familiar FEMA blue tarp on a rooftop in Toa Baja. Photo: FEMA/Eliud Echevarria
This October 9, 2017 photograph of roofless and damaged homes shows Maria’s aftereffects in Naranjito, located in Puerto Rico’s central region. Photo: FEMA/Eliud Echevarria