Hurricane Maria ravaged a number of Caribbean islands this week just before making landfall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning. At least nine deaths are reported so far.
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Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4, the strongest storm to hit the island since 1932. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello predicted “an extremely violent phenomenon.” The storm was so powerful that it left the entire island of Puerto Rico without power.
Some Caribbean islands, like St. Kitts, experienced the storm as a Category 5. Heavy winds and rains continued as the islands were hit, one by one.
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Trees bent under the heavy rain on islands like Guadeloupe.
Although they missed the worst of the wind from Cat. 5 #Maria, #Guadeloupe still got hit hard overnight. Video from @Prefet971 pic.twitter.com/CjVaU43tJO
— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) September 19, 2017
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Winds were so heavy in Puerto Rico roofs were ripped right off.
Roofs are ripped off buildings in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane #Maria bears down on the island. https://t.co/eqqSQgqzAQ pic.twitter.com/FifDdA8wVT
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) September 20, 2017
The flooding was intense in Puerto Rico, too.
Hurricane Irma is so massive, the International Space Station took pictures, too.
Station cameras captured dramatic views of Hurricane Maria as it churned through Caribbean Sept. 19 as a category 5 storm. pic.twitter.com/cM76v6A0mi
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) September 19, 2017
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