A "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Maria, now a Category 5 storm, made landfall on Dominica late Monday and continued its path toward the US territory of Puerto Rico. A "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Maria, now a Category 5 storm, made landfall on Dominica late Monday and continued its path toward the US territory of Puerto Rico. read more
Hurricane Maria is rapidly gathering strength as it approaches several Caribbean islands that are only just beginning to recover from Hurricane Irma. Maria was upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane on Monday, with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. read more
Puerto Rico endured a day of punishing winds and life-threatening flooding on Wednesday from Hurricane Maria, which was the third hurricane to pummel the Caribbean in as many weeks. Maria, now a category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph, is currently about 55 miles north of the Dominican Republic. read more