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# Hurricane Maria


## Hurricane Maria


* ![President Trump](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a344d9a257c15e4/698939bcfb4eac437c897984/trump-china-impose-tariffs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 13, 2018  
## [A Study Found That 3,000 People Died After Hurricane Maria. President Trump Denies It](https://time.com/5395126/trump-hurricane-maria-death-toll/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Mahita Gajanan
* ![Power outage in Puerto Rico](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt954387dd2b0b88f0/6989271fdb29876da025eba2/puerto-rico-blackout.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 12, 2018  
## [Puerto Rico Is Facing a Major Blackout After a Power Station Exploded](https://time.com/5144110/blackout-puerto-rico-explosion/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Flora Carr
* ![Darieliz Michelle Lopez, her 20-month-old son and three-year-old daughter sit for a portrait on the sofa where her apartment no longer stands in San Isidro, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 28, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b31b298ce025a84/6988e03b86f68e186c6e6a86/andres-kudacki-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-13.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 19, 2017  
## [Puerto Rico Orders Recount of Maria Death Toll](https://time.com/5070475/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-death-toll/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Aric Jenkins
* ![Puerto Rico Faces Extensive Damage After Hurricane Maria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf26b8511ddab35b3/6988e3e922fb852326e237c0/gettyimages-862592762.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 31, 2017  
## [U.S. Relief in Puerto Rico Not Good Enough, U.N. Experts Say](https://time.com/5003470/united-nations-puerto-rico-hurricane-response/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Laignee Barron
* ![andres-kudacki-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360067fb0a93bf48/6988e1c28fd2ee97bd3593fa/andres-kudacki-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-21.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2017  
## [How I Found My Family in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria](https://time.com/4980306/found-family-hurricane-maria-puerto-rico/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Eliza Castro  
* ![President Donald Trump speaks with Governor Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on October 19, 2017 in Washington, D.C.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f3f78ccedc2a5e3/6988e2b20a4a2226249d068e/gettyimages-863074122.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 19, 2017  
## [President Trump Gave Himself a ‘10’ for His Response to Puerto Rico](https://time.com/4990022/donald-trump-puerto-rico-10/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ryan Teague Beckwith
* ![Via Twitter, Trump Threatens To Cancel Mexico Visit To White House Over Wall](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9f993f34e7f0466/6988de1ae76ad281c462f2e7/trump-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2017  
## [President Trump's Tweets About Puerto Rico, Military Families Rank Among His Worst-Received](https://time.com/4988444/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-puerto-rico-military-obamacare/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ryan Teague Beckwith and Pratheek Rebala
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8d39f578ba12212/6988e1e597cdff54d06b2d4e/jose-andres-puerto-rico.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 16, 2017  
## ['The American Government Has Failed.' Celebrity Chef José Andrés Slams FEMA's Puerto Rico Response](https://time.com/4981655/jose-andres-fema-trump-puerto-rico/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Mahita Gajanan
* ![U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan \(R-WI\), L, speaks with U.S. Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon \(R-PR\) at a press conference on October 13, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47de49658ff7843b/6988e1fbab6d774a026b036a/gettyimages-861000152.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2017  
## ['We Want to Become a State.' Puerto Rico's Sole Representative in Congress Speaks Out](https://time.com/4980934/puerto-rico-statehood-jenniffer-gonzalez-colon/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![President Trump Visits Federal Emergency Management Agency \(FEMA\) Headquarters](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08806bf4701762bf/6988e19dab6d77d4296b02dd/gettyimages-826368144.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 11, 2017  
## [Trump Is Still Playing Defense on Hurricane Maria](https://time.com/4978461/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-fema-head/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Zeke J Miller  
* ![Puerto Rico Faces Extensive Damage after Hurricane Maria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a39a94b8d9714a7/6988e07bab6d776d766b00f2/puerto-rico.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2017  
## [How Power Outages Can Affect Mental Health](https://time.com/4968766/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-power-outage/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin and Karl Vick
* ![President Trump Arrives In Puerto Rico In Aftermath Of Hurricane Maria Devastating The Island](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71023afe5a9a7245/6988e07a656a3f4056bd1f45/gettyimages-857120414.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2017  
## [Trump Says Puerto Rico's Debt Should Be 'Wiped Out'](https://time.com/4968414/trump-puerto-rico-debt-wipe-out-hurricane-maria/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![Trump, San Juan, Puerto Rico - 03 Oct 2017](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc683b2e75f64f9e/6988e0577cdbacc5a8d5a503/trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-09.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 3, 2017  
## [Trump: Maria Not a 'Real Catastrophe' Like Katrina](https://time.com/4967645/donald-trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-katrina/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alana Abramson
* ![Wilfredo De Jesús. From "The 100 Most Influential People in the World," April 29, 2013 issue. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d6c8d91e8b5f4ee/6987a72a35ba6f7bccc09ea0/04-29-2013-special-wilfredo-de-jesus.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2017  
## [Meet the Chicago Pastor Helping Puerto Rico](https://time.com/4965856/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-wilfredo-de-jesus/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
* ![Hurricane Maria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b12b3887f5cfd6e/6988e02d86f68e305d6e6a80/donald-trump-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-hurricane-maria-disaster-relief.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2017  
## [Former Navy Sec.: 3 Simple Ways We Can Help Puerto Rico](https://time.com/4965294/puerto-rico-trump-relief-navy/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Secretary Ray Mabus

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