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Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths.
Maria was a very severe Cape Verde Hurricane that ravaged the island of Dominica at category 5 (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) intensity, and later devastated Puerto Rico as a high-end category 4 hurricane. It also inflicted serious damage on some of the other islands of the northeastern Caribbean Sea.
31 lip 2021 · Hurricane Maria strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane in record-breaking time. Revisit this hurricane's progression, timeline, and long-term impacts.
1 sie 2018 · Over 48 hours, María dropped 380 to 500 millimeters (15 to 20 inches) of rain in most areas, with some spots receiving even higher amounts. Thirty rivers in Puerto Rico reached major flood stage, and 13 of those reached or exceeded record-flood stage.
16 wrz 2021 · Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, as a Category 4 storm. The hurricane traversed the island from southeast to northwest and produced recorded 48-hour rainfall totals of up to 30.01 inches.
Between September 19–21, 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the entire island of Puerto Rico and caused a major humanitarian crisis. Originally as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, Maria was the strongest storm to impact the island in nearly 90 years. Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 20 as a high-end Category 4 storm, bringing a ...
5 lut 2019 · 05 February 2019. Death, statistics and a disaster zone: the struggle to count the dead after Hurricane Maria. Intense controversies surround studies of how many people perish in conflicts...
