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One Year Out From Hurricane Maria, Full Recovery Still Elusive

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We revisited Carmen Orsario in Barrio Obrero to see how she made out after the roof and much of the second floor was torn off of her house during Hurricane Maria. Renovations are nearly finished and she is almost ready to move back in. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
We revisited Carmen Orsario in Barrio Obrero to see how she made out after the roof and much of the second floor was torn off of her house during Hurricane Maria. Renovations are nearly finished and she is almost ready to move back in. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Thursday marked the anniversary of when Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico.

The powerful and deadly storm damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and knocked out power across the island for months.

According to the Puerto Rican government, the updated death toll is just shy of 3,000, making it one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history.

WBUR's Simón Rios returned to Puerto Rico to report on the recovery effort one year out.

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Simón Rios, WBUR reporter. He tweets @simonfrios.

This segment aired on September 20, 2018.

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