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Resilience

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Hurricane Maria: San Juan
Flooded street in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Credit: NOAA
Downed Power Line
Downed power line in Cidra, Puerto Rico
Credit: NOAA
Downed Power Line in San Juan
Downed power line in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Credit: NOAA
High School Roof Loiza.jpg
Damaged rooftop equipment at a high school in Loiza, Puerto Rico
Credit: NIST
Damaged Solar Panels Vieques
Damaged roof solar panels in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Credit: NIST
Partial Collapse Cayeye
Partial collapse of a metal building over a basketball court in Cayey, Puerto Rico
Credit: NIST
Single-ply membrane failed on roof of Caguas Municipal Building
Single-ply membrane failed on roof of Caguas Municipal Building
Credit: NIST
Damaged cable tray on hospital roof in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Damaged cable tray on hospital roof in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Credit: NIST
Replacement bridge across the Rio de Caguana in Utuado, Puerto Rico
Replacement bridge across the Rio de Caguana in Utuado, Puerto Rico
Credit: NIST
Hurricane Maria Team Portrait
Members of NIST’s Hurricane Maria study team pose for a photo between meetings with high-level officials from Puerto Rico government departments and agencies in San Juan on July 24, 2019  
Credit: NIST
PR Meeting
Members of NIST's Hurricane Maria study team meet with the Secretary of the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, Dr. Rafael Rodriguez-Mercado, on July 24, 2019.
Credit: NIST
UPRM
Members of the NIST Hurricane Maria study team met with faculty members from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) on October 30, 2019. (From left to right: Marc Levitan (NIST), Luis Aponte-Bermudez (UPRM), Cynthia Rivas (NIST), Ricardo López (UPRM), Joseph Main (NIST), Ismael Pagán (UPRM), Felipe Acosta (UPRM), Alesandra Morales Velez (UPRM), Stephen Hughes (UPRM), Arsenio Caceres (UPRM), and Jazalyn Dukes (NIST))
PUPR
Members of the NIST Hurricane Maria study team met with Professor and Department Head Héctor Cruzado and Professor Gustavo Pacheco-Crosetti in the Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) on October 28, 2019. (From left to right: Cynthia Rivas (NIST), Jazalyn Dukes (NIST), Joseph Main (NIST), Héctor Cruzado (PUPR), Marc Levitan (NIST), and Gustavo Pacheco-Crosetti (PUPR))
Resilience and Community resilience
Created November 7, 2018, Updated April 5, 2022