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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.
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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.
Maria was the 13th named storm and 8th hurricane of the season. Originated from easterly waves off the west coast of Africa. Maria became a tropical storm east of the Lesser Antilles on September 16 and quickly intensified to Category 5 before making landfall in Dominica on September 18.
- October 2, 2017
- 1-minute sustained: 175 mph (280 km/h)
- September 16, 2017
Sep 20, 2019 · Few in Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States, might have imagined two years ago that from the ruins of the Sept. 20, 2017, storm that wrecked almost every corner of the island would rise...
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.
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