Editing San Juan, Puerto Rico (section)

==== Hurricane Maria ====
{{See also|Effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico}}[[File:170922-Z-BG835-909 (37348163586).jpg|thumb|Department of Defense vehicles traveling through a major highway in San Juan flooded with the Hurricane Maria rainfall]]

[[Hurricane Maria]] made landfall in southeastern Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017.<ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides">{{cite web|title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico|url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/|archive-date=March 3, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019|website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program|publisher=USGS}}</ref><ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides map">{{cite web|title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico|url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019|website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program|publisher=USGS}}</ref> Gusts of up to 113&nbsp;mph (182&nbsp;km/h) were reported in the capital city shortly before landfall in the municipality of [[Yabucoa, Puerto Rico|Yabucoa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remnants of Lisa Public Advisory |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.nhc.noaa.gov}}</ref> The municipality of San Juan experienced widespread flooding in most coastal areas, and roofs were blown off from numerous structures.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ferré-Sadurní |first1=Luis |last2=Hartocollis |first2=Anemona |date=2017-09-21 |title=Maria Strikes, and Puerto Rico Goes Dark |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/us/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-power.html |access-date=2022-11-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hurricane Maria cuts all electricity as it crushes Puerto Rico |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-maria-makes-landfall-puerto-rico-category-4-storm-n802911 |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=NBC News |date=September 21, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The neighborhood of [[La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico|La Perla]] was largely destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-22 |title='Despacito' made this neighborhood famous. Hurricane Maria left it in ruins |url=https://wreg.com/news/despacito-made-this-neighborhood-famous-hurricane-maria-left-it-in-ruins/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=WREG.com |language=en-US |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117050947/https://wreg.com/news/despacito-made-this-neighborhood-famous-hurricane-maria-left-it-in-ruins/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the wider metropolitan area, flooding from [[La Plata Lake|Lake La Plata]] produced flash floods that trapped residents of [[Toa Baja, Puerto Rico|Toa Baja]], and in [[Cataño, Puerto Rico|Cataño]] the Juana Matos neighborhood was estimated to be 80% destroyed.<ref name="NYT_Sep21">{{cite news |date=September 21, 2017 |title=Hurricane Maria Live Updates: In Puerto Rico, the Storm 'Destroyed Us' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/us/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921104532/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/us/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico.html |archive-date=September 21, 2017}}</ref> At least eight people died from the flooding, while many were unaccounted for.<ref name="ToaBaja">{{cite news |last=Ferré-Sadurní |first=Luis |date=September 22, 2017 |title=In a Puerto Rican Town, 'Water Came Out of Nowhere' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/puerto-rico-toa-baja-hurricane-.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923034104/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/puerto-rico-toa-baja-hurricane-.html |archive-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref>

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