{"id":72317,"date":"2018-10-18T15:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=72317"},"modified":"2018-10-18T15:09:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:09:45","slug":"with-new-storms-surging-puerto-ricans-still-feel-lasting-scars-from-hurricane-maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/with-new-storms-surging-puerto-ricans-still-feel-lasting-scars-from-hurricane-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"With new storms surging, Puerto Ricans still feel lasting scars from Hurricane Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Valerie Nikolas<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">In the aftermath of Michael, the most catastrophic hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in 26 years, Americans are still healing from the destruction a year ago in Puerto Rico. NASA reports that warmer ocean temperatures due to global warming are a factor in adding energy to hurricanes and maintaining the power they pack.<\/p>\n<p>After Michael\u2019s devastating wrath last week disaster workers and state and national resources are pouring in to restore power and homes for hundreds of thousands of people in the Florida panhandle. Looking at how Puerto Rico is still rebuilding after Hurricane Maria last year can give insight into the effort and toll of rebuilding communities and lives.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the six months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.gwu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/downloads\/projects\/PRstudy\/Acertainment%20of%20the%20Estimated%20Excess%20Mortality%20from%20Hurricane%20Maria%20in%20Puerto%20Rico.pdf\">almost 3,000 people died<\/a> as a direct or indirect result of the storm. It took 11 months to restore power throughout the island. During a recent reporting visit to the island, I witnessed\u00a0 continued efforts to restore, rebuild, and raise awareness on how to mitigate disasters in the future and the larger need to address climate change.<\/p>\n<p>When the hurricane hit in September 2017, Puerto Ricans were already grappling with a debt crisis and other environmental issues such as an <a href=\"http:\/\/drna.pr.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Geomorphic-Assessment-of-Puerto-Rico-1977-to-2016.pdf\">eroding coastline<\/a> and extreme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/aug\/05\/puerto-rico-extends-water-rationing-drought\">drought<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are one of the first communities really experiencing this climate change,\u201d said Valentina Garramuno, who works for Enlace Latino de Acci\u00f3n Clim\u00e1tica, or Latino Link of Climate Action.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Garcia, the meteorologist in charge of the Puerto Rican National Weather Service (NWS), agrees. During the storm, Garcia and his team spent 72 hours at the NWS building, tracking it and trying to communicate their findings throughout the island, which proved difficult as communication lines were cut off.<\/p>\n<p>As tropical storms move over warming ocean waters, they intensify and \u201cprovide the fuel,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cWith a warmer ocean, we might get stronger hurricanes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72334\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72334 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Roberto-Garcia-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Roberto-Garcia-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Roberto-Garcia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Roberto-Garcia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Roberto-Garcia.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Garcia, head of the National Weather Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, outside an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria. (Valerie Nikolas\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Maria had rocked the island, Garcia headed home only to find that it had been destroyed. He and his family remained displaced for six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s that emotional pain that you never forget,\u201d Garcia recalls.<\/p>\n<p>Rebuilding efforts include a shift to solar energy. Tesla, the Red Cross and other organizations are working on solar panel installation across the island. Generators are still being installed to fill the gaps.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72340\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-72340\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/A-worker-installs-solar-panels-on-a-school-in-Lares-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/A-worker-installs-solar-panels-on-a-school-in-Lares-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/A-worker-installs-solar-panels-on-a-school-in-Lares-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/A-worker-installs-solar-panels-on-a-school-in-Lares-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/A-worker-installs-solar-panels-on-a-school-in-Lares.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Red Cross worker installs solar panels on Leoncio Mel\u00e9ndez Middle School in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. (American Red Cross)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Extreme weather events are expensive\u2014the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2017\/11\/2017-hurricane-season-most-expensive-us-history-spd\/\">spent more than $200 billion on hurricane rebuilding efforts in 2017<\/a>\u2014the most costly effort in U.S. history. Maria tallied up almost half of that, totaling an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/data\/tcr\/AL152017_Maria.pdf\">$90 billion in damage<\/a>. And the frequency of such events will increase as climate change continues.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 hurricane season that unleashed Maria on Puerto Rico and Harvey on Texas is already being matched this year. Hurricane Michael is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2018\/10\/11\/michael-made-history-one-top-four-strongest-hurricanes-strike-united-states\/?utm_term=.b8d961a225cb\">the fourth-strongest hurricane to strike the United States<\/a> and the strongest Category 4 storm ever recorded in the United States. Thirty-three deaths have been reported so far, as search and rescue efforts continue. Michael follows Florence last month, which killed at least 51 people and caused $13 billion in damage in the Carolinas and some of the same areas of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Michael took place amid the backdrop of the landmark U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on Oct. 8 that revealed humans have just 12 years to reverse global warming or face unprecedented climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are already seeing the consequences of 1\u00b0C of global warming through more extreme weather, rising sea levels and diminishing Arctic sea ice, among other changes,\u201d said Panmao Zhai, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group I, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/pdf\/session48\/pr_181008_P48_spm_en.pdf\">in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Through the devastation, loss of life, and impact on industry, Puerto Ricans are resilient.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 20, 2018, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, Old San Juan showed signs of renewal. The sound of footsteps on brick streets rang throughout the streets lined with vibrant, colorful homes and businesses. At a commemorative event held at the Fort San Crist\u00f3bal, Gov. Ricardo Rossello and other attendees clad in white sang and prayed to honor the lives lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully we came out stronger and with more experience on how to deal with this in the future,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cBecause I know, as a meteorologist, that we will have more hurricanes in the future. This is not it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: In Puerto Rico, blue tarps cover homes still in the process of reconstruction. (Valerie Nikolas\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Valerie Nikolas Medill Reports In the aftermath of Michael, the most catastrophic hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in 26 years, Americans are still healing from the destruction a year ago in Puerto Rico. 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