Voices For Puerto Rico

   
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Biography: VOICES FOR PUERTO RICO  (Voces por Puerto Rico) is a nationwide grassroots humanitarian and nonpartisan initiative by Puerto Rican artists and influencers residing in the US to support rural and/or disconnected local communities affected in... MORE
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on NYTimes: Hurricane Maria Live Updates: In Puerto Rico, the Storm "˜Destroyed Us'
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Sep 21, 2017

Puerto Rico remained in the throes of chaos and devastation Thursday as the remnants of Hurricane Maria continued to dump rain on the island " up to three feet in some areas.

Flash flood warnings persisted, according to the National Hurricane Center, with "catastrophic" flooding "especially in areas of mountainous terrain."

The strikingly powerful storm had rendered an estimated 3.4 million people without power, and with the territory's energy grid all but destroyed, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló predicted a long period of recovery. Anxious relatives in the mainland United States and elsewhere took to social media in an effort to find news of their loved ones.


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Images by Visura member Erika P. Rodríguez  for the New York Times/ Puerto Rico
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