ABC: 6 months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico pleads for help
Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles in this plantain farming town high in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, leaving tens of thousands of people without power or running water. Desperate, residents of the town’s Barrio Mana neighborhood asked federal officials for a generator to pump…
Next week marks 6 months since Hurricane Maria dealt a catastrophic blow to Puerto Rico. Now with the next hurricane season just two and a half months away, 10% of residents are still waiting for power and money promised to the island.