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Hurricane Maria roared across Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, leaving residents of the U.S. territory powerless and without water and food

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Eduardo Ortiz, right, gathers water with his nephew, David Estrada, from a creek in Cayey.Erika P. Rodriguez/The New York Times

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People fill containers with water in Canovanas.Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

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Two sisters leave a creek, where they bathed days after Hurricane Maria, in Cayey.Erika P. Rodriguez/The New York Times

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Rafael Robles-Ortiz kisses his mother, Josefina, at an elderly care home lacking medicine, food and fuel in San Juan.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Nestor Serrano walks on the upstairs floor of his home, where the walls were blown off, in Yabucoa.Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press

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Evan Mandino, right, sits on a couch outside his destroyed home in Yabucoa.Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press

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A supermarket employee works in a dark supermarket in Humacao, which is without electricity.Hector Retamal/AFP / Getty Images

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Without electricity, Maria prepares food at night next to her destroyed home in Toa Alta.Hector Retamal/AFP / Getty Images

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People wait for their cellphones to be charged during a blackout in San Juan.Alvin Baez/Reuters

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A doctor checks the eyes of Hilda Colon at a shelter in San Juan.Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

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People sit in their apartment after the window was blown out.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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A man rides his bicycle through a damaged road in Toa Alta.Ricardo Arduengo/AFP / Getty Images

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Flattened plantain trees line the ground in Yabucoa.Victor J. Blue/The New York Times

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Iris Vazquez washes clothing at an open drainage ditch in Corozal.Ricardo Arduengo/AFP / Getty Images

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Residents bathe in a natural spring in the hill town of Toa Alta.Victor J. Blue/The New York Times

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Residents line up gas cans as they wait for a gas truck to service an empty gas station in Loiza.Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press

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A woman carries bottles of water and food during a distribution of relief items.Alvin Baez/Reuters

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People wait in line to get a departing flight at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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People pray at a church in Aibonito.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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