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Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017, and flooded the coastal valleys and unleashed mudslides in the mountain terrains of the small Caribbean island.
America Media sent Senior Editor J.D. Long-García and José Dueño, associate editor of America Films, to report on how the storm affected the Puerto Rican people, and what they were doing to recover.

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Politics & Society Features

What the hurricanes revealed about Puerto Rico

J.D. Long GarcíaDec 27, 2017

Students tend to family in need at Universidad Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo: J.D. Long-García)

Politics & Society Dispatches

How Catholic university students are responding in Puerto Rico

J.D. Long GarcíaNov 14, 2017

Father Carlos Francis Mendez visits with Rosa Mendez Torres, a woman who suffers from diabetes, in Las Marias, Puerto Rico. (J.D. Long-García)

Politics & Society Dispatches

How a rural Catholic Church is serving survivors of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

J.D. Long GarcíaNov 15, 2017

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Puerto Ricans face the psychological trauma of Hurricane Maria

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