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Like thousands of fellow Puerto Ricans, Rafael Ocasio Barreto left the island in 2017 after Hurricane Maria destroyed their homes and livelihoods. Four years have passed, but for Rafael, the psychological scars of hurricane Maria still linger. Although he left the storm behind, climate change has followed him even to his new home in New York.