Puerto Ricans endure 3 months without power

Leyla Santiago looks at Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in the town of Yabucoa in Puerto Rico, as they get back electricity after months of darkness.

Puerto Ricans endure 3 months without power

Erin Burnett Out Front

It has been three months since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, and many residents still do not have power. CNN's Leyla Santiago reports.

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Leyla Santiago looks at Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in the town of Yabucoa in Puerto Rico, as they get back electricity after months of darkness.

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SAN ISIDRO, PUERTO RICO - OCTOBER 15: Uncollected debris stand near damaged homes in an area without electricity on October 15, 2017 in San Isidro, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is suffering shortages of food and water in many areas and only 15 percent of grid electricity has been restored. Puerto Rico experienced widespread damage including most of the electrical, gas and water grid as well as agriculture after Hurricane Maria, a category 4 hurricane, swept through. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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MOROVIS, PUERTO RICO - DECEMBER 20: A resident, whose home remains without electricity, watches as debris is removed on December 20, 2017 in Morovis, Puerto Rico. Barely three months after Hurricane Maria made landfall, approximately one-third of the devastated island is still without electricity and 14 percent lack running water. While the official death toll from the massive storm remains at 64, The New York Times recently reported the actual toll for the storm and its aftermath likely stands at more than 1,000. Puerto Rico's governor has ordered a review and recount as the holiday season approaches. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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With hurricane season starting June 1, CNN returns to Puerto Rico to see if the island is ready for another storm. Nine months after Maria, 20,000 homes are still without power- and going into the season, many mayors are worried that even a small storm will plunge them back into darkness and repeat the crisis all over again. We witness desperate Puerto Ricans illegally and dangerously turning on their own power, and press officials for answers on what will change this time around.

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A Puerto Rico Electric and Power Authority brigade work in a remote off-road location to repair a downed power transmission line in Ponce, Puerto Rico on November 29, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Ricardo ARDUENGO / TO GO WITH AFP STORY By Leila MACOR, US-PuertoRico-power-weather-reconstruction-hurricane (Photo credit should read RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Herminio Trinidad Agosto's home in Corozal, P.R., on March 13, 2018. On Feb. 13, 2018, Zoraida Santiago Torres, 58, TrinidadÕs wife died from a pulmonary disease. The family, including two sons of Santiago, live in home made with the scraps of what was left after hurricane Maria flattened the house at a hill top of Corozal. Almost six months after hurricane Maria ravaged the island over 200 thousand people remain without power. Some recent deaths have been linked to the lack of electric service, but most are not recognized as a hurricane Mara death. (Erika P. Rodriguez for CNN)

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