Hurricane Maria touched down in Puerto Rico as the worst storm to strike the area in 80 years and caused around $94 billion in damages. Residents of San Juan and other towns came together, gave assistance, and continued on through the calm found in the wake of a hurricane, though many made the decision to leave in the year to follow.
Fallen palm trees rest on a residential home in central Puerto Rico.
Two residents arrived home from dinner to find their street flooded. Widespread power outages knocked out the electric pumps used to manage stormwater.
Cars and pedestrians, including this father and son, gathered to watch the arrival and departure of military helicopters outside the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport.
A resident of San Juan watches passersby from the central area of his apartment building.
Residents, under a bus shelter damaged in the hurricane, wait for local transit outside of a shuttered Mudafort sports in north San Juan.
An orange barricade marks a damaged portion of sidewalk outside a beachfront hotel in Rincon, Puerto Rico.
A man exits Circo, once the self-proclaimed largest gay bar on the island, which reopened eight days after Maria struck Puerto Rico operating on a generator. Ricardo Rossello, the Governor of Puerto Rico, banned the sale of alcohol and imposed a curfew under the state of emergency.
A dog investigates damaged material stacked on the sidewalk.
A woman climbs over a downed tree along the walkway of the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, a fortress in the old town.
Due to limited electricity on the island, some impromptu nightlife appeared.
Long lines formed outside of major shopping venues, often moderated by National Guard soldiers.
A man checks a stranded car in floodwater.
An extension cord is run under the backdoor of a restaurant, while aprons hang to dry on the handrails.
A man looks back as he rides his bike over downed power lines.
A man returns home after contributing to a pile of damaged furniture and refuse in a San Juan neighborhood.