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===Early 21st Century and Hurricane Maria=== [[File:Hurricane Maria damage - 170923-H-NI589-0009 (23543368528).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Aguadilla a few days after Hurricane Maria]] [[Hurricane Maria]] struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, causing large-scale damage and destruction to infrastructure.<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/ |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date= 2019-03-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |archive-date= 2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}</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 |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date= 2019-03-03 |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= 2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Aguadilla 10 inches of rain were recorded and its more than 54,000 residents were left with no electrical power.<ref>{{cite web | title=María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar - Aguadilla |trans-title=Maria, a name we will never forget - Aguadilla| website=El Nuevo Día| date= 2019-06-13 | url= https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/aguadilla/ |language=es | access-date= 2021-08-24 }}</ref> The four radar systems used by the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] for flights in and around Puerto Rico were damaged by [[Hurricane Maria]], and it took nearly two weeks to fix them. One of the radar systems is located in Aguadilla.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/1331405/puerto-rico-air-national-guard-returns-key-radar-to-service/|title=Puerto Rico Air National Guard returns key radar to service|website=National Guard|access-date= 2019-07-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190704092611/https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/1331405/puerto-rico-air-national-guard-returns-key-radar-to-service/|archive-date=2019-07-04|url-status=live }}</ref>
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