Puerto Ricans leave for US mainland as storm woes linger

In this Oct. 3, 2017 photo, Lourdes Rodriguez and her husband David, pose for a photo in Tampa, Fla. Like many people in Puerto Rico, Lourdes had considered moving to the U.S. mainland but was never quite ready to uproot her life in the island. Hurricane Maria made the decision for her. The 59-year-old retiree, along with her husband, a daughter and her two grandchildren, managed to get a flight out of Puerto Rico, leaving behind a home with no power or water and filled with mud and many other Puerto Ricans hoping to make the same journey off the island in the very near future. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

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