Maria’s Trail of Destruction in Puerto Rico
A picture of unprecedented environmental devestation.
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello has called Hurricane Maria “the most devastating storm in a century.” The Category 4 hurricane made landfall on Sept. 20, 2017, knocking out power across the island and, within hours, wiping out nearly 80 percent of the territory’s crop value. Amid their struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria, some Puerto Rico residents found it befuddling that President Donald Trump fired off a number of Twitter rants about professional athletes on Saturday—yet made no mention of their dire situation. (Updated: Sept. 28, 2017)