After the storm: hardship endures for Puerto Ricans on US mainland
They arrived in New York from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017, leaving widespread devastation in its wake and a death toll that would spiral to almost 3,000. A year on, Joannelly Cruz and her mother Gloria Martinez are in a homeless shelter, part of a generation of Puerto Ricans struggling to rebuild shattered lives on the US mainland. But they have no plans to return to their Caribbean home. "I think coming here was the best thing to do," says Joannelly, 16, reflecting on the catastrophe unleashed as ...
