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4 paź 2017 · From a meteorological standpoint, Maria was nearly a worst-case scenario for the territory: The center of a huge, nearly Category 5 hurricane made a direct hit on Puerto Rico, lashing the...
31 lip 2021 · Known for the devastation it caused in Puerto Rico and Dominica, Hurricane Maria is a Category 5 storm that devastated the Caribbean Islands from Sept. 16-30 during the 2017 Atlantic...
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.
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).
1 sie 2018 · Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. The storm had already caused widespread destruction in Dominica as a Category 5 storm, and it alternated between Category 4 and 5 as it approached Puerto Rico.
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.
Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico. What was done before and after the disaster, and how the island is still recovering today.
