Life in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

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Life in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

Emil Lendof

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Sep 29, 2017

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A man manages to speak by cellphone to his family in the United States from Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Communications, electric power, water and fuel supplies have been seriously affected in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. AFP/Getty Images

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People wait in a line to buy gas in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. AFP/Getty Images

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People collect water from a natural spring created by the landslides in a mountain next to a road in Corozal, west of San Juan. AFP/Getty Images

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Iris Vazquez washes clothing at an open road drainage next to a road in Corozal, west of San Juan, Puerto Rico. AFP/Getty Images

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A man carries two water jugs filled with water collected from a natural spring created by the landslides in a mountain next to a road in Corozal, west of San Juan, Puerto Rico. AFP/Getty Images

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Puerto Rico Faces Extensive Damage After Hurricane Maria

Karlian Mercado, 7, rests on the rubble that remains of her family’s home after it was blown away by Hurricane Maria. Getty Images

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People from all over the island head to the hills in search of a mobile phone signal to get word to their relatives. LA Times via Getty Images

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People line up at an ATM to withdraw money in San Juan. AFP/Getty Images

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Maria prepares food during nightfall next to her destroyed home in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. AFP/Getty Images

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Members of the Pisaro family wait in line for FEMA food distribution in the town of Rio Grande. LA Times via Getty Images

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People put water and food in a car that they purchased at a supermarket in Humacao, Puerto Rico. AFP/Getty Images

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People buy gas in Humacao, Puerto Rico. AFP/Getty Images

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Truckers wait to fill gas and diesel trucks for transport. AFP/Getty Images

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A woman talks with her family while telephone technicians try to repair the lines in Punta Santiago, Humacao AFP/Getty Images

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A woman and her grandson look at the destroyed wharf of Punta Santiago, Humacao. AFP/Getty Images

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Evacuees line up to get on a Royal Caribbean relief boat that is sailing to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, after the island was hard hit by Hurricane Maria. Getty Images

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A mural that reads in Spanish “Boriken is alive” is seen a week after the passage of Hurricane Maria in Cayey, Puerto Rico. Boriken is the pre-Columbian Taino name of today’s Puerto Rico. AFP/Getty Images

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