Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hurricane Maria’s damage to Puerto Rico’s forests
Spring 2017 vs April 2018
The images you are about to see, show Hurricane Maria’s impact on a section of forest near Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in September 2017.
As described by one of the NASA scientists who surveyed damage to the island’s forests, “The dense, interlocking canopies that blanketed the island before the storm were reduced to a tangle of downed trees and isolated survivors, stripped of their branches.”
The 2017 image, taken before the hurricane struck, was part of a study of the regrowth of tropical forests on abandoned agricultural land. Images were taken by the airborne G-LiHT team.
Source: NASA Hurricanes website
Hurricane Maria’s damage to Puerto Rico’s forests
Spring 2017 vs April 2018
The images you are about to see, show Hurricane Maria’s impact on a section of forest near Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in September 2017.
As described by one of the NASA scientists who surveyed damage to the island’s forests, “The dense, interlocking canopies that blanketed the island before the storm were reduced to a tangle of downed trees and isolated survivors, stripped of their branches.”
The 2017 image, taken before the hurricane struck, was part of a study of the regrowth of tropical forests on abandoned agricultural land. Images were taken by the airborne G-LiHT team.
Source: NASA Hurricanes website
