Hurricane Maria
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Hurricane maria. Nearly the entire population of puerto rico more than 3 million american citizens are without electricity. Maria s eyewall replacement early on 20 september resulted in roughly a tripling of its eye diameter from 9 n mi to about 28 n mi prior to landfall in puerto rico. Thereafter maria gradually intensified and became the 8 th hurricane of the 2017 atlantic hurricane season with 75 mph maximum sustained winds at 500 pm ast 2100 utc on september 17 th.
Hurricane maria a category 5 hurricane was the worst natural disaster to hit the island and resulted in an estimated 3 000 deaths just two weeks after hurricane irma skirted the island and left over 1 million residents without power. Anna mcnamee learns how hurricane maria and economic crisis have inspired puerto rican artists to come up with creative new solutions to making work and helping relief efforts. Hurricane maria was a deadly category 5 hurricane that devastated dominica st croix and puerto rico in september 2017.
There were additional storm related fatalities on the island of dominica. Tropical weather outlook issued by the national hurricane center at 7 37 am on sep 17 2017. Maria is the first category 4 hurricane to directly impact puerto rico in 85 years.
Hurricane maria left 64 people dead in puerto rico officially but it could be more than 4 600 due to complications in the post storm recovery according to a new harvard university study.
