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Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico this Wednesday, causing an incredible amount of damage and flooding. This Category 4 storm reportedly knocked out all the power in the island of Puerto Rico. The entire island has reportedly been left in the dark because of Maria. Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rossello says a “new Puerto Rico” will need to be built.
Latest Update: Puerto Rico has an official death toll of 62 as a direct result of Hurricane Maria. According to a report from The New York Times, as many as 1,052 may have died from the hurricane.
Update (9/21/17, 1:43 P.M. EST): After falling down a Category 2 storm, Maria restrengthened to Category 3 status Thursday morning. So far, Maria has left 18 people dead. On Thursday, Maria hit the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic, and is traveling in the direction of the Turks and Caicos and the southeastern Bahamas.
Throughout the island, a curfew has been set from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M., effective Wednesday to Saturday.
People living in Puerto Rico have been calling up radio stations, reporting Maria’s destruction. Doors are reportedly flying off hinges, while a water tank flew away in the southern region of the island. Widespread flooding has also been reported, particularly in San Juan, with water reportedly running down one apartment’s interior staircase.
Maria is ripping through Puerto Rico, with winds as high as 155 mph. Here’s a quick look at some of the devastating left by Maria…
El Retiro, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Foto enviada por un vecino. #HuracanMaria #MaríaPR pic.twitter.com/3ICzBV0eYT
— Susana Sherin (@SusanaSherin) September 20, 2017
See Maria’s devastation for yourself. Her winds have been described as being “extremely violent”…
At least 9 dead after "extremely violent" Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico https://t.co/HZPPLfB0rj pic.twitter.com/mh5dbZGNPd
— TIME (@TIME) September 20, 2017
Maria’s looking intense…
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This hurricane looks like it’s about to tear Puerto Rico a new you-know-what…
Daybreak ! Extreme winds pounding our hotel in #Fajarado #HurricaneMaria pic.twitter.com/rwqufucvva
— Mike Theiss (@MikeTheiss) September 20, 2017
Here’s the power of Maria as viewed from inside someone’s home…
Extreme wind hitting us now ! #HurricaneMaria pic.twitter.com/8VbtKMvBQ2
— Mike Theiss (@MikeTheiss) September 20, 2017
Maria looks like she’s about to rip off those windows…
Walls being blown apart during extreme wind inside lobby of hotel #HurricaneMaria pic.twitter.com/bL9PUOEzJN
— Mike Theiss (@MikeTheiss) September 20, 2017
This is one crazy storm…
Eyewall tearing up the hotel in #Fajardo #HurricaneMaria pic.twitter.com/UGVKfQi1Cl
— Mike Theiss (@MikeTheiss) September 20, 2017
She’s causing a major flood, too…
Todo inundado, Los Colobos Carolina pic.twitter.com/xxHaIqw39X
— frances guzman (@franeguz) September 20, 2017
Whatta storm…
So esta es la que hay en Ciudad Jardin de carolina pic.twitter.com/cMNY1DDT6H
— french toast (@fmhp5) September 20, 2017
It looks like Maria has left Puerto Rico in the dark…
#PuertoRico officials say it appears as though 100% of the island is without power. The grid is totally offline. #HurricaneMaria pic.twitter.com/j77L8UZLPW
— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) September 20, 2017
Maria knows how to flow…
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Maria is turning streets into rivers…
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