Eight days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico with devastating force, some relief and supplies are beginning to arrive in the capital of San Juan. However, the Associated Press reports that many on the island are “still waiting for help from anyone from the federal or Puerto Rican government. But the scope of the devastation is so broad, and the relief effort so concentrated in San Juan, that many people from outside the capital say they have received little to no help.” Puerto Rico’s governor says he intends to ask for more than a billion dollars in federal assistance.
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People sit on both sides of a destroyed bridge, which crossed over the San Lorenzo de Morovis River, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Morovis, Puerto Rico, on September 27, 2017. #
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Marta Sostre Vazquez reacts as she starts to wade into the San Lorenzo Morovis River with her family after the bridge was swept away by Hurricane Maria in Morovis, Puerto Rico, on September 27, 2017. The family was returning to their home after visiting family on the other side. #
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A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, uses a chainsaw to cut a tree blocking a road as part of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on September 27, 2017. The 26th MEU is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency and local authorities in Puerto Rico. #
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A damaged Puerto Rican national flag spray painted with the words "Together as One" hangs from the facade of a business, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 27, 2017. The relief effort from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has so far been concentrated largely in San Juan, and many outside the capital say they've received little or no help. #
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Sister Gloria Flores looks out from a balcony of the Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados facility, which cares for the elderly, on September 26, 2017, in San Juan. Sister Flores hopes aid—including fuel for their generators, food, and medicine—arrives soon, as they care for their more than 195 elderly patients after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. #
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U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Utility 1657, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, exits the well deck of the USS Kearsarge carrying Marine Corps personnel and equipment in support of Hurricane Maria relief operations in the Caribbean Sea on September 24, 2017. #
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Yolanda Negron and her daughter Yolymar Bernard salvage what they can from their home that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Corozal, Puerto Rico, on September 27, 2017. #
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Evan Mandino, right, sits with neighbors on a couch outside their destroyed homes as the sun sets in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, on September 26, 2017. #
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People wait in a line to check flights at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 26, 2017, as some flights are still being rescheduled for one or two weeks. #
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