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Yokahu Tower Through the Trees
Four months after Hurricane María passed through the island of Puerto Rico ,the environmental destruction remained clearly visible on the landscape. The trees were not as lush and green, the foliage was sparse, and landmarks that were normally hidden…
Sparse Trees and Yokahu Tower
A distant view of Yokahu Tower from the parking lot below La Coca Falls in El Yunque National Forest. This tower would normally be hidden by the dense foliage of the rainforest, but remains visible due to the defoliation caused by “Hurricane María.
Rainbow After The Storm
A rainbow appears as a distant tropical rain shower moves away from El Yunque National Forest.
View from the Rainforest
Landslides and sparse foliage could be seen across the land from a viewpoint in El Yunque National Forest, despite the fact that nature had begun to regenerate. Ecologists and scientists researching and working to help restore El Yunque have stated…
La Coca Falls Post-María
La Coca waterfall in El Yunque National Forest. The effects of Hurricane María could be seen in the sparse foliage of the normally lush rainforest.
Tangled Wires, Destroyed Grid
Mangled utility poles and dangling, tangled wires were a common sight throughout the island, even in the lush rainforest of El Yunque.
Cleared Landslide
A landslide had completely covered this road in El Yunque rainforest. It was cleared by the time the Raíces crew visited in January 2018, but the road was still almost impassable in a small car because of how broken up it had become by the power of…
Landslide in El Yunque
A small landslide along the road in El Yunque National Forest.
Stream in El Yunque
The landscape showed signs of the beginnings of regeneration when the Raíces Crew visited Puerto Rico on our January 2018 Disaster Relief Support Trip. Nature is resilient and strong!
Landslides
The first major landslide we came across while driving on our first day in Puerto Rico on our January 2018 disaster relief and recovery support trip. We were later to find out this this was just 1 of over 25,000 landslides that have been mapped…
Abandoned - Río Grande
Abandoned home in Río Grande, Puerto Rico, with a missing roof and debris pile uncollected by waste management services almost four months after the storm had destroyed the home.
Blue Roof Landscape
Along the road from Loíza into Río Grande, as in all across the country, the scenery was dotted with blue tarp roofs, temporary replacements for roofs that blew off or were damaged in Hurricanes Irma and María in the fall of 2017.
Electric Pole Damage
Over 50,000 utility poles had to be replaced post-Hurricane María due to being complete destroyed or damaged beyond repair. This utility pole was made of steel reinforced concrete and still snapped in half in Hurricane Marías extremely strong winds.…
Debris Piles
Piles of debris remained at the roadsides throughout the mountains and towns after Hurricane María hit the island in September 2017. Months after the storm hit, many municipalities still had not restored garbage removal services to 100% of their…
Downed Electric Wires
Electric wires coiled, tangled, draped on buildings and trees and hanging low were a common sign for months following Hurricane María.
Boarded Businesses
Businesses and storefronts remained shuttered in the aftermath and recovery period following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
For Sale
One of many storefronts for sale or rent throughout the island of Puerto Rico. This was already a common sight before Hurricane María due to the economic crisis on the island, but became event more widespread after the storm.
Se Vende
Many storefronts and businesses were closed down or boarded up with for sale and for rent signed throughout the sialdn. This was especially apparent during the Raíces Crew’s drive through Ríio Grande.
La Coca - Closed
The road into El Yunque National Forest was open in January 2018, but only up until the parking lot directly below La Coca waterfall. The road was too dangerous to travel past this point, with landslides, debris and collapsed roads still a challenge.
La Coca Waterfall
Waterfall La Coca in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.