When a Hurricane Hits Home: Life in Puerto Rico After Maria
More than two months since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, Lens checked in with six photographers who covered it either on assignment or for themselves.
Rather than risk being stranded in the countryside, Dennis Manuel Rivera rode out Hurricane Maria inside the newsroom of El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico’s leading newspaper. Once the winds passed, he headed to the airport, going from hangar to hangar looking for a pilot willing to fly over the island. They waited a day to fly over remote towns that had been cut off by broken bridges, uprooted trees and electrical cables.