When a Hurricane Hits Home: Life in Puerto Rico After Maria – The New York Times

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.