Hurricane Maria - Wikipedia
Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that affected 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.
The Facts, Timeline, and Impact of Hurricane Maria - Treehugger
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...
Puerto Rico's infrastructure still recovering from Hurricane Maria 7 ...
Sep 19, 2024 · Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria -- nearly seven years after the powerful Category 4 storm caused extensive damage to the island's infrastructure.
Hurricane Maria's devastation of Puerto Rico - NOAA Climate.gov
Aug 1, 2018 · The storm knocked out the island's power grid, shut down virtually all cellular communication, and destroyed nearly all traffic lights and road signs. Thousands of residents left the island for the U.S. mainland in the months following the storm.
A Timeline of Hurricane Maria's Effects on Puerto Rico - The Atlantic
Oct 4, 2017 · From a meteorological standpoint, Maria was nearly a worst-case scenario for the territory: The center of a huge, nearly Category 5 hurricane made a direct hit on Puerto Rico, lashing the...
Puerto Rico, four years after Hurricane Maria, far from recovery.
Sep 21, 2021 · The memories of surviving Hurricane Maria still haunt people in Puerto Rico, four years after the storm wreaked havoc on the U.S. territory on Sept. 20, 2017. There are reminders of the...
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. It also inflicted serious damage on some of the other islands of the northeastern Caribbean Sea.
Maria (Atlantic Ocean) - NASA
Oct 2, 2017 · Tropical Storm Maria is now caught up in the Westerlies and is being affected by wind shear that is elongating the storm. Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite revealed that Maria’s strongest storms were east of the tropical cyclone’s center …
Hurricane Maria | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Sep 16, 2021 · Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, as a Category 4 storm. The hurricane traversed the island from southeast to northwest and produced recorded 48-hour rainfall totals of up to 30.01 inches.
Hurricane MARIA
Maria is a potentially catastrophic category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next day or two, but Maria is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous category 4 or 5 hurricane while it approaches the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.