page_title: Cidra, Puerto Rico
section_title: Hurricane Maria
hierarchical_section_title: Cidra, Puerto Rico / History / Hurricane Maria
caption_attribution_description: English: map of landslides in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria 2017
context_page_description: Cidra is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Cayey; south of Comerío and Aguas Buenas; east of Aibonito and Barranquitas; and west of Caguas. Cidra is spread over 12 wards and Cidra Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  Cidra is known as "El Pueblo de la Eterna Primavera" and "El Pueblo de la Paloma Sabanera".
context_section_description: Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 triggered numerous landslides in Cidra with the significant amount of rainfall. Some areas of Cidra experienced more than 25 landslides per kilometer. Citizens, with machetes in hand, worked to clear the roadways of debri after the hurricane hit, especially in Rabanal, Arena and Ceiba, barrios of Cidra located at high altitudes. 1500 homes were left without a roof and many would never receive funds for repairs. One local (analog) radio antenna survived the catastrophe allowing for some communication within the town to take place. Before the hurricane there had been plans to eliminate the radio tower, but when 92.7% of Puerto Rico's towers were destroyed by the hurricane, plans to eliminate the analog radio tower were scrapped. Puerto Rico Highway 172, the main highway into Cidra from the Metropolitican area had to remain closed for repairs for five months. It was not until six months after the hurricane struck that power was restored to Cidra.
caption: Much of Cidra suffered landslides
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