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Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated 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. It is the deadliest and costliest hurricane to strike the island of Puerto Rico, and is the deadliest hurricane to strike the country of Dominica and the territory of the U.S. Virgin ...
Aug 1, 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.
Jul 31, 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 hurricane season.
Hurricane Maria left $90 billion in damages and Congress allocated at least $63 billion for disaster relief and recovery operations. Four years later, about 71 percent of those funds have not ...
Sep 21, 2018 · Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico like a chainsaw in the sky, shredding what stood in its path. But the problematic response turned a natural disaster into a man-made catastrophe.
Maria is the first Category 4 hurricane to directly impact Puerto Rico in 85 years; Nearly the entire population of Puerto Rico -- more than 3 million American citizens-- are without electricity ...
Oct 4, 2017 · A timeline of the unprecedented catastrophe of Hurricane Maria. Sunday, October 1—11 days after landfall More than a thousand service members arrive on the island, boosting its number of ...
Sep 18, 2017 · After sweeping across the Virgin Islands as a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Maria on Wednesday morning plowed into Puerto Rico on the southeast shore as a barely diminished Category 4 storm, with ...
Sep 27, 2017 · Last week, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico with winds of 155 miles an hour, leaving the United States commonwealth on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.
Sep 21, 2017 · Maps: Hurricane Maria’s Path Across Puerto Rico. Real-time map showing the position and forecast for Hurricane Maria, and the storm’s impact in Puerto Rico.
