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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 large storm surge, very heavy rains, and wind gusts well above 100 mph (160 km/h).
Hurricane Maria devastated an already battered Caribbean, which was recovering after Hurricane Irma hit weeks before. The entire island of Puerto Rico was left without power and at least nine...
1 sie 2018 · The State of the Climate in 2017 report includes a summary of the devastation in Puerto Rico from Hurricane María, describing damage so widespread and severe that thousands of residents of the Caribbean island moved to the U.S. mainland in the aftermath.
Maria was the deadliest hurricane in Dominica since the 1834 Padre Ruíz hurricane [6] and the deadliest in Puerto Rico since the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane. [7] This makes it the deadliest named Atlantic hurricane of the 21st century to date.
25 wrz 2017 · Hurricane Maria whipped Puerto Rico with Irma-level winds, drenched the island with Harvey-level flooding, crippled communications, decimated buildings and damaged a dam that puts...
19 wrz 2024 · Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria -- nearly seven years after the powerful Category 4 storm caused extensive damage to the island's already delicate infrastructure.
20 wrz 2024 · Maria was a strong Category 4 storm when it hit on September 20th, 2017. The storm killed about 3,000 people and caused more than $90 billion in damage. Parts of the island are still rebuilding...
