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Just a couple of blocks from the square in Adjuntas. The electric grid was almost completely destroyed in the central mountains of Puerto Rico, with much of it remaining in need of repair for months following the storm in towns like Adjuntas.

Sign welcoming visitors to Adjuntas, still showing signs of the strength of Hurricane María, with electric lines hanging across the front of the sign three months after the storm passed.

Electric wires laying across the road in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, January 2018.

In January 2018, it was evident that the natural landscape was beginning its path towards regeneration, while human communities still struggled to provide basic services like a functioning electric grid and running, clean water. Driving over electric…

Just a couple of blocks from the square in Adjuntas. The electric grid was almost completely destroyed in the central mountains of Puerto Rico, with much of it remaining unrepaired and in disarray for months following the storm in towns like…

Mangled utility poles and dangling, tangled wires were a common sight throughout the island, even in the lush rainforest of El Yunque.

Over 50,000 utility poles had to be replaced post-Hurricane María due to being complete destroyed or damaged beyond repair. This utility pole was made of steel reinforced concrete and still snapped in half in Hurricane Marías extremely strong winds.…

Electric wires coiled, tangled, draped on buildings and trees and hanging low were a common sign for months following Hurricane María.

A common sight throughout the island, in every municipality, is dangling electric wires and crooked or snapped poles.

The powerful winds of Hurricane Maria brought down tens of thousands of electric poles, snapping and bending some completely in half.

Bent, broken and leaning electric poles were a common sight in every part of the island, even four months after the storm. This went along with electric lines laying across roads and in piles along roadsides, and lines hanging just inches above the…