Puerto Rico drone pilot Eloy Perez shot footage on September 20 showing the extent of the flooding in the San Juan neighborhood of Ocean Beach.
Perez hoped the footage would help raise funds for recovery operations via a GoFundMe crowdfunding page called “Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria Relief.”
President Trump declared a major disaster on the island, and ordered federal assistance and funding for several municipalities, the White House said on September 21.
The eye of the storm hit Puerto Rico early on September 20, bringing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. Credit: Eloy Perez via Storyful
