For over 16 hours on Sept. 20, 2017, Puerto Rico, an island of more than 3 million people, was battered by the Category 4 hurricane-force winds and rain of Maria. https://abcn.ws/2NnxwSp pic.twitter.com/eLiTPrqwGf
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One month after Maria, the government reported the death toll at 51, acknowledging there had been more than 900 cremations on the island after the storm. Nearly 11 months later, an independent study reported an estimated 2,975 had died following Maria.http://abcn.ws/2NnxwSp
"We all have some sort of PTSD," San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz tells @ABC. "It's a trauma. It's not a shock, it’s a trauma." http://abcn.ws/2NnxwSp pic.twitter.com/n28qxxCGqY
One year later, Puerto Rico is still recovering from the storm. http://abcn.ws/2NnxwSp pic.twitter.com/iE6Cm5z0ZR
The anniversary of the storm will be marked throughout the island with ceremonies to remember the deaths and to celebrate those who survived.https://twitter.com/JoshuaHoyos/status/1042769170360950784 …
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