Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The storm’s 155-mile-per-hour winds caused widespread destruction and its pounding rains caused severe flooding, knocking out the island’s power and communications systems. Restoring electricity everywhere may take months. Much of the water is undrinkable, and most of the island’s crops have been destroyed—a loss valued at $780 million.
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The storm’s 155-mile-per-hour winds caused a lot of destruction and its pounding rains caused heavy flooding. The hurricane knocked out the island’s power and communications systems. Restoring electricity everywhere may take months. Much of the water is undrinkable. And most of the island’s crops have been destroyed, resulting in a loss valued at $780 million.