House With Tarp On Roof Puerto Rico

Some of my fellow puerto ricans are still using blue tarps to keep their homes covered and way too many still don t have power around the clock all because president trump refused to provide the aid puerto rico needed at the time.

House with tarp on roof puerto rico. For many puerto ricans. His home in the center of the capital san juan. Tarps that are frayed. Governor privatizes power company by ben fox the associated press june 21 2018 at 3 36 a m.

Puerto rico still recovering as hurricane sea. A woman walks by a house with the blue tarp that was used to protect the roof damaged by hurricane maria two. Puerto rico faces uneven and underfunded. Coverings that do little or nothing to protect the residents from ba.

Governor privatizes power company by ben fox the associated press june 21 2018 at 3 36 a m. Two years after the storm hit puerto rico the most visible remnants of it are the thousands of damaged homes still covered in blue tarps. San juan puerto rico hurricane maria ripped away part of the steel roof from carmen lidia torres mercado s home in the puerto rican capital. We saw many photos like the one above of the damage to puerto rico after it was hit by hurricane maria on september 20 2017.

Over 30 000 houses and apartments in puerto rico still have blue tarps instead of roofs. Lives lost homes destroyed people seeking food an. Thousands in puerto rico under tarps 9 months after hurricane maria angel santos rivera 75 is seen in his damaged home still covered by blue tarp outside in cataño puerto rico on june 13. Updated june 21 2018 at 3 36 a m.

The roof of his house was ripped off exactly two years ago by hurricane maria and a tarpaulin sheet remains his only protection from the elements. Tarp roofs remain in puerto rico repairs at snail s pace.