Two weeks after Hurricane Maria smashed Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump flew to San Juan to assess the situation and meet with local officials, aid workers, and residents. The situation in Puerto Rico remains grim. The task of recovery and rebuilding homes and infrastructure on the island—home to 3.4 million people—is daunting. As federal agencies continue to ramp up aid efforts across Puerto Rico, the immense scale and depth of the the impact of Hurricane Maria becomes clearer every day. Gathered here are images from just the past week.
What Puerto Rico Looked Like When Trump Came to Visit
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U.S. Army veteran Luis Cabrera Sanchez holds his machete as he pauses for a portrait while clearing debris from his damaged home, with family and neighbors, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, on September 29, 2017. Sanchez, who served in the military from 1966 to 1969, said his greatest needs are water, food, and energy. #
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Mikael Santiago, 2, is held as he waits for a First Medical Relief team member to examine him at the Torres de Francia complex, as they deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, on October 1, 2017, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Members of the First Medical Relief team visited the complex that only has electricity and water for one hour a day to help those who have health-care needs. #
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Workers sort the live chickens from the dead ones at the Corporacion Avicola Morovis, Inc. chicken farm on October 2, 2017, in Morovis, Puerto Rico. The farm lost approximately 80,000 chickens when Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the area and they may have to let go of 15 of their workers since the farm can no longer operate. #
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A man in a wheelchair sits in darkness inside his apartment in the Moradas Las Teresas Elderly House, where about two hundred elderly people live without electricity following damage caused by Hurricane Maria in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 2017. #
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Honor guards carry the coffin of policeman Luis Angel Gonzalez Lorenzo, killed during the passage of Hurricane Maria when he tried to cross a river in his car, during his funeral at the cemetery in Aguada, Puerto Rico, on September 29, 2017. #
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Angelina Rodriguez Lopez (right), waiting for medical attention, holds the hand of a boy injured after stepping on a nail, at Dorado Medical Center, in Dorado, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 2017. The center closed after it was damaged by Hurricane Maria and due to the lack of fuel, forcing health-care workers to provide aid from a a tent hospital. #
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The foundation of a heavily damaged house stands in the mountains after the passing of Hurricane Maria in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 2017. #
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Irma Maldanado checks on her father, Ignacio Maldanado Ortiz, who uses an oxygen machine due to his emphysema, in Corozal, Puerto Rico, on October 2, 2017. Irma said her father is in need of oxygen but has no way of getting a supply in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. #
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Pallets of supplies are transferred from the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a replenishment-at-sea for continuing operations for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico on September 28, 2017. #
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People wait at the Jose de Diego Elementary School to file FEMA forms for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, on October 2, 2017. #
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Fruit seller Julio Rivera, 69, tries to keep his business afloat from the back of a truck after Hurricane Maria in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on September 29, 2017. Rivera said his greatest need is access to cash. "People have their checks deposited in banks and they cannot withdraw money. They don't have the money to buy what they need." #
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Juana Sortre Vazquez sits on her soaked couch in what remains of her home, destroyed by Hurricane Maria, in the San Lorenza neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 2017. "The night of the hurricane I spent the night at a niece's house. I did not come back for the next nine days because the roads were out. When I made it home, I saw that it was all gone. This is a disaster." #
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Lisbeth Vasquez tends to her parents Elmer Vasquez Colon, 80, and Gloria Delgado Diaz, 67, at the Pedro America Pagan de Colon assisted living facility, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, on October 1, 2017, in San Juan. Members of the First Medical Relief team visited the complex and said the residents need water. Many are hungry and need help getting their medication. #
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Air Force One, transporting President Donald Trump, lands at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, as part of a visit to the areas affected by Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 3, 2017. #
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President Trump shakes hands with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz during a briefing on hurricane recovery efforts with first responders at Luis Muñiz Air National Guard Base, on October 3, 2017, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. #
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President Trump tosses paper towels into the crowd while taking part in a food and supply distribution at the Cavalry Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on October 3, 2017. #
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A rainbow is seen behind a chair that sits on the floor of what is left of a house that was blown away by Hurricane Maria, on October 2, 2017, in Corozal, Puerto Rico. #
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