The Devastation in Puerto Rico, as Seen From Above<br />From left, DigitalGlobe via Google Earth; Ricardo Arduengo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images<br />Though Hurricane Maria had dropped from a Category 5 to a Category 4 storm by the time it reached Puerto Rico,<br />it was more than powerful enough to rip apart roads and strip trees as it cut a path across the island.<br />The storm left 80 percent of crop value destroyed, 60 percent of the island without water<br />and almost the entire island without power, as seen in the nighttime satellite images below.<br />Juana Matos, a neighborhood in Cataño, near the capital city of San Juan, suffered severe<br />flooding as a storm surge from nearby San Juan Bay dumped water into coastal communities.<br />Sept. 25, 5 days after landfall<br />National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Note: Some areas of western central Puerto Rico were partially obscured by clouds on Sept. 25.
