Hurricane Maria Destroys Puerto Rico's Agriculture and Farmers

September 25, 2017 3:58 PM

In a matter of hours, Hurricane Maria wiped out about 80 percent of the crop value in Puerto Rico -- making it one of the costliest storms to hit the island's agriculture industry, said Carlos Flores Ortega, Puerto Rico's secretary of the Department of Agriculture.

PHOTO: a Plantain farm in Puerto Rico destroyed by Hurricane Maria

"There will be no food in Puerto Rico," José A. Rivera predicted. "There is no more agriculture in Puerto Rico. And there won't be any for a year or longer."

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