PHOTOS: Puerto Rico Urgent Needs
PHOTOS: Puerto Rico Urgent Needs
Margarita Burgos poses for a portrait while cooking outside over a wood fire, due to the lack of electricity, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. She feels her greatest need is “clean water and light.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Luis Cabrera Sanchez, a U.S. Army veteran, holds his machete as he poses for a portrait, while clearing debris from his damaged home with family and neighbors, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. His greatest needs: “Water food energy.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Portrait of Sonia Rodriguez, playas sector resident who lost everything during the passage of Hurricane Maria, in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Ten days after the passage of hurricane Irma, her greatest need at the moment is to repair the roof of her home. “It’s too hard. This is the house my parents left me, they already died. To lose it like that after so much effort to maintain it ... at least I’m alive”, Rodriguez said while trying to contain the tears. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Sandy Nieves poses for a portrait in the door of her heavily damaged home, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Her greatest need right now: “My home, my baby’s bed, we don’t have anywhere to sleep, we don’t have our stuff. We are all sleeping in one bed at my mom’s house. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Emari Rodriguez affected by Hurricane Maria collects watwer in a water distribution in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The greatest need for Emari is In the street wher she lives there are many elderly people and she worries that the electricity will come and that the elderly people will not tolerate this situation and above all they need to keep the medicines, we need to get ahead, she says at the end of the conversation. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Margarita Burgos poses for a portrait while cooking outside over a wood fire, due to the lack of electricity, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. She feels her greatest need is “clean water and light.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Margarita Burgos poses for a portrait while cooking outside over a wood fire, due to the lack of electricity, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. She feels her greatest need is “clean water and light.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Luis Cabrera Sanchez, a U.S. Army veteran, holds his machete as he poses for a portrait, while clearing debris from his damaged home with family and neighbors, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. His greatest needs: “Water food energy.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Luis Cabrera Sanchez, a U.S. Army veteran, holds his machete as he poses for a portrait, while clearing debris from his damaged home with family and neighbors, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. His greatest needs: “Water food energy.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Portrait of Sonia Rodriguez, playas sector resident who lost everything during the passage of Hurricane Maria, in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Ten days after the passage of hurricane Irma, her greatest need at the moment is to repair the roof of her home. “It’s too hard. This is the house my parents left me, they already died. To lose it like that after so much effort to maintain it ... at least I’m alive”, Rodriguez said while trying to contain the tears. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Portrait of Sonia Rodriguez, playas sector resident who lost everything during the passage of Hurricane Maria, in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Ten days after the passage of hurricane Irma, her greatest need at the moment is to repair the roof of her home. “It’s too hard. This is the house my parents left me, they already died. To lose it like that after so much effort to maintain it ... at least I’m alive”, Rodriguez said while trying to contain the tears. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Sandy Nieves poses for a portrait in the door of her heavily damaged home, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Her greatest need right now: “My home, my baby’s bed, we don’t have anywhere to sleep, we don’t have our stuff. We are all sleeping in one bed at my mom’s house. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Sandy Nieves poses for a portrait in the door of her heavily damaged home, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Her greatest need right now: “My home, my baby’s bed, we don’t have anywhere to sleep, we don’t have our stuff. We are all sleeping in one bed at my mom’s house. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Emari Rodriguez affected by Hurricane Maria collects watwer in a water distribution in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The greatest need for Emari is In the street wher she lives there are many elderly people and she worries that the electricity will come and that the elderly people will not tolerate this situation and above all they need to keep the medicines, we need to get ahead, she says at the end of the conversation. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Emari Rodriguez affected by Hurricane Maria collects watwer in a water distribution in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The greatest need for Emari is In the street wher she lives there are many elderly people and she worries that the electricity will come and that the elderly people will not tolerate this situation and above all they need to keep the medicines, we need to get ahead, she says at the end of the conversation. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Portraits of victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico