LOIZA, Puerto Rico The sun rose Wednesday over an anxiety-stricken island as the first major cyclone since Hurricane Mara barreled this way across the Caribbean.

But as Hurricane Dorian skirted northward, the sun peered between parting clouds over a Puerto Rico at ease.

The electricity was up and running. The roads were clear. By 5 p.m., restaurants in this municipality on the northeastern coast started to open, playing bachata music and serving hot alcapurrias, cold Medalla beers and fresh coconuts.

Its a relief, said Alexis Ramos, 30, whose family runs Vinnys Restaurant & Pescadera in Malecn de Naguabo, a beachfront town on Puerto Ricos east coast. Earlier in the day, he hammered wooden board onto the windows, hoping to avoid the same destruction Mara caused nearly two years ago.