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It rushed in and ruined more than furniture, it ruined her life. for now new paint is all she can afford to fix any of it. >> translator: she has no idea when she will get power back. i'm asking her if she thinks it will be soon. >> reporter: without power, cheryl and her children lost more than the lights. >> translator: without power, they don't have water. >> reporter: the mayor says the problem constant bureaucratic delays. for a month they had power workers here, but not enough materials to actually carry out the work. [ applause ] mayor calls this a start. he says they need more generato...

This area, the mountainous area, it could be summer before they see it, which take note, summer is when the hurricane season begins. >> miles away from town, high up in the mountains where the power lines are, she has little hope her home will be back to normal soon. maria ruined more than furniture. it ruined her life. for now, new paint is all she can afford to fix any of it. >> she has no idea when she'll get power back. i'm asking her if she thinks it will be soon. >> without power, sheryl and her children lost more than the lights. without power, they don't have water. >> the mayor says t...

1,500 power workers from all across the u.s. to come help. cnn leyla san antonio tee atiag the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: it's more than a flip, finally what the hint of life was like before hurricane maria. after more than three months without tower, ida is one of the lucky few that just got power. >> translator: hot water. she's able to take a hot shower. that's what she's excited about, a hot shower. >> reporter: in south eastern puerto rico now has a massive generator to power substation. enough to power part of the town, not a permanent solution. not enough to turn the lights back on...

>> translator: she has no idea when she will get power back. i'm asking her if she thinks it will be soon. >> reporter: without power, cheryl and her children lost more than the lights. >> translator: without power, they don't have water. >> reporter: the mayor says the problem constant bureaucratic delays. for a month they had power workers here, but not enough materials to actually carry out the work. mayor calls this a start. he says they need more generators, power polls, cables. u.s. army corps of engineers admits a shortage of supplies stemming from other natural disasters is part of the...

A tiny utility company, it only had two employees at the time. landed a $300 million contract to rebuild puerto rico's electrical grid. a company that just got into a twitter spat with the mayor of san juan, puerto rico. the beef started when mayor carmen cruz called for the deal involving light fish energy to be cancelled because she doubted the small company from montana could do what needs to be done on the island. on twitter, white fish called comments misplaced and threatened to pull it's linemen out of the city. today cnn's martin savage spoke to the mayor and joins me on the ground in s...