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Coast Guard Crews Deliver Food, Water to Hurricane Maria-impacted Areas of Puerto Rico

By Boating Staff

Updated: October 11, 2017

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew deployed to Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico. Water and supplies were distributed to Puerto Ricans, whose home and lives have been in disarray since Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island. Personnel from the Coast Guard and other agencies are operating out of Air Station Borinquen to deliver relief supplies to remote areas stranded by mudslides and washed out roads. This photo gallery depicts some of those aid efforts.

USCG distributes water and supplies to Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard member deployed to Borinquen, Puerto Rico in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts delivers a case of water to a resident of Moca, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2017 The Coast Guard and partner agencies have been delivering Federal Emergency Management Agency supplies to people throughout Puerto Rico who have been affected by Hurricane Maria U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef

A resident of Moca, Puerto Rico, hugs a Coast Guard member after he delivered food and water to the people of Moca, Oct. 9, 2017 The Coast Guard and partner agencies have been delivering Federal Emergency Management Agency supplies to people throughout Puerto Rico who have been affected by Hurricane Maria U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef

Cmdr. Jeremy Anderson, the operations officer at Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, delivers food and water to a resident of Moca, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2017 The Coast Guard and partner agencies have been delivering Federal Emergency Management Agency supplies to people throughout Puerto Rico who have been affected by Hurricane Maria U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef

Lt. j.g. Lucas Taylor, a pilot at Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, delivers food to a resident of Moca, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2017 The Coast Guard and partner agencies have been delivering Federal Emergency Management Agency supplies to people throughout Puerto Rico who have been affected by Hurricane Maria U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef

Lt. j.g. Lucas Taylor, a pilot at Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, delivers food and water to a young girl in Moca, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2017 The Coast Guard and partner agencies have been delivering Federal Emergency Management Agency supplies to people throughout Puerto Rico who have been affected by Hurricane Maria U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef

Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South crewmember deliver bottled water from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to survivors of Hurricane Maria near Orocovis, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2017 U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef