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Puerto Rico Slammed by Maria, Electricity Gone

By Jeralyn, Section Huricanes Katrina and Rita
Posted on Wed Sep 20, 2017 at 01:20:07 PM EST
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Hurricane Maria did not spare Puerto Rico.

Hurricane Maria churned across Puerto Rico Wednesday as the most powerful storm to strike the island in more than 80 years, knocking out power and water to nearly the entire population and leaving people huddled in buildings to ride out powerhouse winds that have already left death and devastation across the Caribbean.

"On the forecast track, [Maria] would be the most destructive hurricane in Puerto Rico history," tweeted Eric Blake, a forecaster at the Hurricane Center.

The island is completely without electricity now. The New York Times has more.

There are flash flood warnings now for large parts of Puerto Rico. [More...]

During Irma, I was following National Geographic Photographer & Storm Chaser Mike Theiss who was in Key West taking amazing photos. Now he's got photos of Maria in Puerto Rico.

The Daily Mail has a lot of photos.

Puerto Rico is a beautiful island. I really hope it recovers and the U.S. sends aid there.

The storm seems to be moving towards the Dominican Republic (not Dominica, where it was yesterday) and the Turks and Caicos.

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