Hurricane Maria now Cat 5, aims for Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

[Dback Jon]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/americas/hurricane-maria-category-5/index.html

Hurricane Maria continues to intensify and is now a Category 5 storm with winds of 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The center of the storm is located 15 miles from Dominica in the Caribbean's Leeward Islands.

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[Dback Jon]

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There really SHOULD be a category 6, since 185 is 28 MPH higher than low Cat 5.

 

[Dback Jon]

Projected path:

http://google.org/crisismap/2017-maria

 

[82CardsGrad]

Projected path:

http://google.org/crisismap/2017-maria

So it will miss Florida... Whew!

 

[Dback Jon]

So it will miss Florida... Whew!

There are millions of Americans in its path

 

[82CardsGrad]

There are millions of Americans in its path

No doubt...

 

[Hollywood]

So....how do you solve a problem like Maria?

 

[Dback Jon]

So....how do you solve a problem like Maria?

In case this, run!

 

[puckhead]

So....how do you solve a problem like Maria?

Shoot guns at it!

 

[BigRedRage]

large fans

 

[puckhead]

large fans

Good idea. How about an equal and opposite hurricane?? Name it Mario.

 

[Dback Jon]

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hurricane...ategory-4-105007197--abc-news-topstories.html

Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm Wednesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said Maria has caused severe damage to infrastructure in the U.S. territory. A Category 4 storm has not hit the island since 1932.

Rossello told local newspaper El Nuevo Dia, which streamed the telephone interview live on Facebook, that much of the island was without power. Windows had shattered, rivers were overflowing and trees had fallen, he said.

Maria was moving at 12 mph and the storm's eye was located about 25 miles west of San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, as of 11 a.m., according to the National Hurricane Center.

 

[Dback Jon]

Maria leaves behind trail of death, destruction in Caribbean
Maria did severe damage to multiple Caribbean islands over the past 36 hours, including Dominica, Guadeloupe and the Virgin Islands.

Officials in Guadeloupe announced Wednesday that two people were killed and two others were missing due to the storm.

Hartley Henry, an adviser to Dominica's prime minister, told reporters via WhatsApp on Wednesday that several people have died and the death toll "will rise" as officials continue to assess the widespread damage on the tiny island. Dominica has suffered a "tremendous loss of housing and public buildings" since the storm hit, ripping off roofs and tearing doors from hinges. The island's main general hospital "took a beating" and "patient care has been compromised," he said.

"The country is in a daze -- no electricity, no running water," Henry said via a WhatsApp message. "In summary, the island has been devastated."