Many of us struggled to make sense of what had happened, and the emotional toll of the disaster was palpable in every conversation and interaction, at least on the south side of the island. Despite being a category 1 hurricane, Fiona caused more permanent physical damage to the land than category 4/5 Hurricane Maria did five years ago.
Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm on the morning of September 20, 2017, bringing winds of about 160 mph to an island that had narrowly escaped the worst of Hurricane Irma’s destruction just weeks earlier. Our project, Tropic Ventures Sustainable Forestry and Rainforest Enrichment Project, established 35 years ago […]
On 21st September, we joined forces with neighbors from Mira Flores, Patillas, and we worked our way down the 184, clearing the road of tree debris, electric lines, and flagging dangerous low hanging lines.
