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Driving through the mountains of the interior of the island showed how nature has begun to regenerate after the damage of Hurricane María, but also that there was a long way to go for full recovery, as evident in the tens of thousands of landslides…

In the Old San Juan, someone had painted a Puerto Rican flag onto the roots of an uprooted tree along the waterfront.

Four months after Hurricane María passed through the island of Puerto Rico ,the environmental destruction remained clearly visible on the landscape. The trees were not as lush and green, the foliage was sparse, and landmarks that were normally hidden…

A distant view of Yokahu Tower from the parking lot below La Coca Falls in El Yunque National Forest. This tower would normally be hidden by the dense foliage of the rainforest, but remains visible due to the defoliation caused by “Hurricane María.

A rainbow appears as a distant tropical rain shower moves away from El Yunque National Forest.

Landslides and sparse foliage could be seen across the land from a viewpoint in El Yunque National Forest, despite the fact that nature had begun to regenerate. Ecologists and scientists researching and working to help restore El Yunque have stated…

Immediately after the storm, residents throughout the island formed volunteer crews and work brigades throughout the island which cleared roads in the post-María relief and recover efforts. These roads were cleared, with the vegetative debris piled…

Trees along the road leaving Loíza up into Carolina and Río Grande that were damaged during Hurricane Loíza. Landscapes, forests and jungles were left bare and brown by the storm and its aftermath. At the time of the Raíces Disaster Relief Support…