PhotoCOMERIO, Puerto Rico — I live with my parents and older brother in this rural mountain town in the center of this island. Fearing the worst, those of us sheltered on the first floor quickly scrambled up the stairs to the second floor, carrying the bedridden elderly with us. Soon from the second floor we saw whole families walking toward the school. View all New York Times newsletters. There was no electricity and no running water, so the river was now our sole source of water.

Source: New York Times March 20, 2018 09:45 UTC