Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria

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Elise Hernandez is a reporter for the Washington Post. In 2017 she was in Puerto Rico covering what happened there after Hurricane Maria. On that trip she met a woman Maria Ortiz Biroet. She lives in the mountainous community of Oudualo and Maria had had a tough time because the electricity was down water service wasn't a reality in her community. It's today explained I'm Noelle King.

Days after Ian, most Floridians now have their power back. Weeks after Fiona, more than 100,000 Puerto Rican households and businesses are still coping with blackouts and an outdated grid. The Washington Post’s Arelis Hernández explains.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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