‘We have not recovered’: Puerto Rico’s water supply remains vulnerable to hurricane fury

Homes are flooded on Salinas Beach after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Photograph: Alejandro Granadillo/AP

Hurricane Fiona was the second time José Oyola Ríos served as an emergency drinking water provider, after gusting winds and heavy rains battered Puerto Rico on Sunday, causing mass flooding and power outages.

Oyola Ríos serves as a community leader in rural, inland Caguas, in the central mountain range, where he maintains water tanks that store thousands of gallons, known in the area as the “community oasis”.