'Maria's Toll: Puerto Rico In Crisis' by ZUMA Press Pulitzer Winning Photographer Carol Guzy: Maria is the most powerful hurricane to strike Puerto Rico in nearly a century, killing at least 16 people, wrecking the electricity grid and smashing up homes, businesses and anything in its path. The storm-battered country, with a population of 3.4 million, is still mostly without electricity 7 days after Hurricane Maria struck with ferocious winds and torrential rains. Welcome to 'Maria's Toll: Puerto Rico In Crisis'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week # 644 Launched Sept. 29, 2017: 'Maria's Toll: Puerto Rico In Crisis' by ZUMA Press Pulitzer Winning Photographer Carol Guzy: Maria is the most powerful hurricane to strike Puerto Rico in nearly a century, killing at least 16 people, wrecking the electricity grid and smashing up homes, businesses and anything in its path. The storm-battered country, with a population of 3.4 million, is still mostly without electricity 7 days after Hurricane Maria struck with ferocious winds and torrential rains. Welcome to 'Maria's Toll: Puerto Rico In Crisis'
September 20, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Maria lashes the city with rain and wind. Residents of Old San Juan seek shelter at the City Hall in Plaza de Armas as fierce storm Hurricane Maria lashes the island.
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September 19, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - People clap to musical entertainment at the shelter during the calm before the storm. Residents of San Juan prepare and seek shelter at the City Hall in Plaza de Armas before Hurricane Maria's expected landfall tomorrow.
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September 19, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - YENTIL RAMIREZ and EDWARD TORRES hold baby SOPHIA, 1, as music plays at the shelter during the calm before the storm. Residents of San Juan prepare and seek shelter at the City Hall in Plaza de Armas before Hurricane Maria's expected landfall tomorrow.
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September 20, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - ANGELA TORRES holds her son FABIAN DELGADO with dog Najmi in their damaged home where the entire family weathered the storm in the La Perla neighborhood of old San Juan. Her uncle MANUEL TORRES said, ''With the windows shut you hear boom this side, then boom that side,'' said Torres.
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September 21, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - A dog is trapped in the rubble of a home, crying endlessly. The neighbor said his family came back and left food and water, eventually hoping to rescue the dog. Residents in La Perla neighborhood of Old San Juan view damage after Hurricane Maria lashed the island.
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September 21, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - ROSA MALDONADO, 87 years old is taken to a hospital after sitting in a sweltering, damaged home. The family weathered the hurricane inside. ''With the windows shut you hear boom this side, then boom that side,'' said her son Manuel Torres. They stayed because he said it was not easy in the shelter for his 87-year-old mother who last year had 3 heart attacks and a stroke. The next day she was taken to a hospital feeling ill from sweltering heat and lack of drinking water.
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September 21, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - Residents in Old San Juan begin recovery efforts of damage after Hurricane Maria lashed the island.
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September 22, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - People wait for hours in long lines for gasoline after Hurricane Maria lashed the island and a shortage of gas became an issue.
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September 22, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - People wait for hours in long lines for gasoline after Hurricane Maria lashed the island and a shortage of gas became an issue.
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September 22, 2017 - Loiza, Puerto Rico - MARIA LUZ NAVARRO looks out on her neighborhood surrounded by floodwater. Residents of the Zapateria Pizarro area of the oceanside town of Loiza clean up after Hurricane Maria lashed the island. The area was flooded but people dealt with the tragedy with resilience and grace.
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September 22, 2017 - Loiza, Puerto Rico - Residents of the Zapateria Pizarro area of the oceanside town of Loiza clean up after Hurricane Maria lashed the island. The area was flooded but people dealt with the tragedy with resilience and grace.
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September 23, 2017 - Arecibo, Puerto Rico - Owner and employees clean mud from gas station and store covered in mud. Gas and water shortages have been issues after Hurricane Maria lashed the island. People are saying they are frustrated by lack of assistance from FEMA and other aid agencies.
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September 23, 2017 - Arecibo, Puerto Rico - Owner and employees clean debris and mud from a gas station and store. Gas and water shortages have been issues after Hurricane Maria lashed the island. People are saying they are frustrated by lack of assistance from FEMA and other aid agencies.
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September 23, 2017 - Arecibo, Puerto Rico - A horse lies dead amid debris, killed by a flash flood during Hurricane Maria. A dog sits nearby. People are saying they are frustrated by lack of assistance from FEMA and other aid agencies.
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September 23, 2017 - Arecibo, Puerto Rico - A photo of Jesus sits in a family home as Ismael Freytes, 69, cleans mud from a flash flood during hurricane Maria that had water over five feet high. They lost everything. They have suffered shortages of gas, water, phone service to check safety of family members and lack of accurate news. People are saying they are frustrated by lack of assistance from FEMA and other aid agencies.
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September 23, 2017 - Arecibo, Puerto Rico - ISMAEL FREYTES, 69, cleans mud from the family home where a flash flood during hurricane Maria brought water over five feet high. They lost everything. They have suffered shortages of gas, water, phone service to check safety of family members and lack of accurate news. People are saying they are frustrated by lack of assistance from FEMA and other aid agencies.
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September 23, 2017 - Isabela, Puerto Rico - SANDRA GONZALEZ, 36, waits at a shelter. Residents take shelter at Francisco Mendoza High School in Isabela, fleeing the possible breech of the Guajataca dam after Hurricane Maria lashed the Island.
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September 24, 2017 - Hayales de Coamo, Puerto Rico - ''We are the forgotten neighborhood,'' said LISANDRA ALICEA who had driven from San Juan to check on her mother MARIA FLORES. They emotionally greeted each other with tears of joy. The family home was damaged but Lisandra was grateful everyone was well. But she was very frustrated that there had been no assistance as yet for their village. The road was destroyed by the storm and she had to walk at a point to reach her family.
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September 24, 2017 - Hayales de Coamo Puerto Rico - Boys ride horses past rubble and broken trees. Hurricane Maria left a path of destruction in a rural neighborhood.
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September 27, 2017 - Morovis, Puerto Rico - Residents must cross the river after mud and floodwaters caused the bridge to collapse after hurricane Maria ravaged the island.
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September 24, 2017 - Cayey, Puerto Rico - EDGARDO FELICIANO and DAMALYS LUNA, residents wash clothes in a fresh spring waterfall after hurricane Maria left shortages, including gas and power.
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September 25, 2017 - Hamacao, Puerto Rico - Helicopter aerial view of Hamacao devastation after hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico.
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September 26, 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - SISTER GLORIA FLORESA tenderly comforts frail elderly residents at Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados nursing home. They lost power for six hours but had battery backup for life-sustaining ventilators like this woman needs. Their solar panels were blown out as Hurricane Maria ravaged the island and they are dependent on diesel and gasoline for generator and to drive to buy food and supplies. They put out a plea on the radio for diesel and received a supply yesterday.
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September 27, 2017 - Corozal, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Maria survivor IRMA MALDANADO, holds her bird SUSSURY, as she looks at what's left of her devastated home, in the aftermath of the devastating Category 5 Hurricane that hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, with peak winds of 175 mph (250 km/h). The 10th most intense Atlantic storm since records been kept, it ravaged the island for 48 hours. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory of the United States of America, located in the northeast Caribbean Sea.
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September 27, 2017 - Corozal, Puerto Rico - RAMON TORRES helps clean up his sister-in-law Irma Santiago home after hurricane Maria ravaged the island. They lost everything. She has a disabled son. ''We lost everything. It was a monster. It's not easy to talk about what happened here. It was like out of a horror movie,'' said her sister Maggie Santiago. ''Madre of hurricanes. What Irma didn't take, Maria did. There's no humanity... ''
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September 27, 2017 - Corozal, Puerto Rico - YOLANDA NEGRON cleans up her devastated home after hurricane Maria ravaged the island.
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September 27, 2017 - Corozal, Puerto Rico - Residents wash in spring water after hurricane Maria ravaged the island.
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