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Hurricane Maria. Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and deadly Category 5 Atlantic 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. [1][2] It is the deadliest and costliest hurricane to strike the island of Puerto Rico ...
Between September 19–21, 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the entire island of Puerto Rico and caused a major humanitarian crisis. Originally as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, Maria was the strongest storm to impact the island in nearly 90 years. Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 20 as a high-end Category 4 storm, bringing a ...
Meteorological history of Hurricane Maria. Hurricane Maria was the tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record and caused catastrophic damage in Puerto Rico in late September 2017. Originating from a tropical wave, it developed into a tropical depression on September 16 while situated to the east of the Lesser Antilles.
Hurricane Maria is etched in history as the deadliest U.S.-based natural disaster in a century but, as the years go by, it’s the small but searing details, gestures and actions of the Puerto ...
Hurricane Maria. Year: 2017 Death Toll: 2,982 Financial Impact: Estimated $91.6 billion This one’s recent enough to remember: The Category 4 hurricane hit Puerto Rico, causing widespread ...
Hurricane Maria southwest of Puerto Rico shortly before landfall. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Miami. The territory has experienced the effects of Atlantic hurricanes, or storms that were once tropical or subtropical cyclones.
Seven years after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico, fans are praising Bad Bunny’s new song "La Velita," an indictment of the state of things on the island before and after the powerful storm.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a devastating and extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, and the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $294.92 billion (USD). [ nb 1 ] The season featured 17 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. [ nb 2 ] Most of the season's damage was due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and ...