Now, it's the silence from the Caribbean island that most unnerves a Puerto Rican community of some five million people on the mainland. - Yanil Teron, Connecticut residentConnecticut resident Yanil Teron, unable to find out anything about her brother for days, even heard from a stranger. Teron believes the stranger was checking off a long list of pricey international numbers to dial with news about Puerto Ricans who had pulled through. Connecticut resident Yanil Teron finally heard from her sister Enid, right, by phone from Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Iara Rodriguez, centre, is lying on family members in a portrait taken at her parents' home in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Source: CBC News September 28, 2017 09:00 UTC