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The most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017, Maria was the thirteenth named storm, eighth consecutive hurricane, fourth major hurricane, second Category 5 hurricane, and deadliest storm of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.
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...
Hurricane Maria made its first landfall on the Caribbean island nation of Dominica on Monday, September 18, as a Category 5 storm with winds topping 160 mph - the strongest hurricane on...
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.
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.
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.
Maria is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, and it should maintain this intensity until landfall. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 miles (240 km).
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.
Oct 2, 2017 · Satellite images, weather maps and tracks of Category 5 Major Hurricane Maria 2017, 16 September - 2 October. Max wind speed 175mph.
…Puerto Rico was hammered by Hurricane Maria, a nearly category 5 cyclone, in September. That storm caused more than \$90 billion in property damage and left some 400,000 of the island’s electricity customers without power for nearly five months.
