Chicagoans Continue To Help Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery

Chicagoans Continue To Help Puerto Rican Hurricane Recovery
In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, a home that was abandoned after Hurricane Maria hit one year ago stands full of furniture in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Ramon Espinosa / Associated Presxs
Chicagoans Continue To Help Puerto Rican Hurricane Recovery
In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, a home that was abandoned after Hurricane Maria hit one year ago stands full of furniture in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Ramon Espinosa / Associated Presxs

Chicagoans Continue To Help Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery

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Hurricane season started on June 1. 

While no hurricanes have formed so far, the first “hurricane watch” went into effect Wednesday night for a storm that’s headed toward Louisiana in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, the Category 5 storm that pummeled the island in September of 2017 — knocking out power for months and taking more than 3,000 lives. 

Morning Shift checks in Puerto Rican Agenda, a Chicago nonprofit that has been helping both people on the island and many hundreds of people who evacuated and came to live in Chicago after the storm.

GUEST: Cristina Pacione-Zayas, co-chair of the Puerto Rican Agenda

LEARN MORE: Puerto Rican Agenda