page_title: Caguas, Puerto Rico
section_title: Hurricane Maria
hierarchical_section_title: Caguas, Puerto Rico / History / Hurricane Maria
caption_attribution_description: English: Restoring the electrical grid in Caguas, Puerto Rico, post Hurricane Maria
context_page_description: Caguas, founded in 1775, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey.
  Caguas is located 20 miles from San Juan. It is known as El Valle del Turabo, La Ciudad Criolla and La Cuna de los Trovadores. Its name originates from the Taíno cacique Caguax. Caguas is a principal city of both the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 triggered numerous landslides in Caguas with the significant amount of rainfall.
caption: Restoring the electrical grid in Caguas, post Hurricane Maria
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