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In September 2017, two powerful hurricanes made landfall in Puerto Rico and destroyed the island’s electrical grid — leading to the longest and largest power outage in modern U.S. history. Without electricity, there is no reliable source of clean water. School is out, indefinitely, for many. Health care is fraught. Small businesses are faltering. The tasks of daily life are both exhausting and dangerous. To examine what it is like to live waiting for power to return, The Washington Post produced “Sin Luz: Life Without Power,” an immersive multimedia project that takes viewers into the everyday struggles Puerto Ricans face.

Winner of the Scripps Howard Award for Multimedia Journalism, World Press Photo for Immersive Storytelling, Emmy Nominee and Webby Nominee.