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Hurricane Maria keeps intensifying hours before landfall - CNN
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'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Maria heading for Dominica, Puerto Rico
Story highlights
- Mudslides, storm surge, flash flooding predicted
- Hurricane, tropical storm warnings for Caribbean isles
(CNN)Hurricane
Maria became a Category 4 storm on Monday afternoon as it barreled
toward Dominica in the Caribbean's Leeward Islands and took aim for the
US territory of Puerto Rico.
"The
eye and the intense inner core is expected to pass near Dominica during
the next few hours," the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m.
advisory. "Maria is likely to affect Puerto Rico as an extremely
dangerous major hurricane, and a hurricane warning has been issued for
that island."
Maria
packed sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kilometers per hour), bringing
the chance of life-threatening storm surge, the advisory said,
accompanied by "large and destructive waves," and "hitting the Leeward
Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico."
Forecasters
predict mudslides caused by heavy rains and "life-threatening flash
floods across the Leeward Islands, including Puerto Rico and the US and
British Virgin Islands."
As
of 5 p.m. ET, Maria was centered about 35 miles east-southeast of
Dominica and 55 miles northeast of Martinque, the National Hurricane
Center said. The mammoth storm was moving west-northwest at 9 mph.
And
for the first time in 85 years, Puerto Rico is expected to suffer a
direct landfall from a Category 4 hurricane. Puerto Rico's governor has
declared a state of emergency ahead of that landfall, which will likely
happen Wednesday.
"It's time to wrap up your preparations now, Puerto Rico," CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said.
Bracing for impact
Hours
before Maria's expected landfall on Dominica -- and just over week
after the island was brushed by Irma -- Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
urged residents to take any belongings that could become dangerous
projectiles indoors.
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This Marigot church was among the buildings destroyed in the storm.
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Residents return home after Irma passed through Caibarien, Cuba, on September 9.
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A man walks on a St. Martin street covered in debris on September 8.
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People survey damage in Marigot on September 7.
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Waves smash into St. Martin on Wednesday, September 6.
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An aerial view of St. Martin on September 6.
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Damaged cars are seen on a St. Martin beach on September 6.
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Cars are piled up in Marigot on September 6.
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A man walks past damaged buildings in St. Martin on September 6.
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Broken palm trees are scattered on a Marigot beach on September 6.
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Irma floods a beach in Marigot on September 6.
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Workers
remove debris on Thursday, September 14, in Friars Bay on the French
Caribbean island of Saint Martin. Hurricane Irma devastated the
Caribbean island and others in the region.
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An
aerial photo shows the devastation in Road Town, the capital of
Tortola, the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands,
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UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talks to a resident of Anguilla during a visit on September 13.
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People
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Buildings are destroyed in St. Martin on September 12.
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French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with St. Martin residents during a visit to the island on September 12.
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French soldiers patrol St. Martin on September 12.
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This Marigot church was among the buildings destroyed in the storm.
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Cubans affected by Hurricane Irma line up to collect drinking water in Isabela de Sagua, Cuba, on Monday, September 11.
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander, front right, tours damage in St. Maarten on September 11.
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A palm tree sticks out of a pool on the French side of St. Martin on September 11.
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People line up for supplies in St. Martin on September 11.
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People salvage material from the remains of a house in Isabela de Sagua on September 11.
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A woman carries a dog at an airport checkpoint in St. Martin on September 11.
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People make their way through debris in the Cojimar neighborhood of Havana on September 10.
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"The
next few hours should be placed on cleaning up around the house and on
your properties rather than stockpiling weeks of foods and other
supplies," Skerrit said in a televised speech.
"This
is not a system that will linger very long. Therefore, the goal must
not be on stockpiling supplies but on mitigating damage caused by flying
objects."
In Antigua, another island battered by Irma, yacht skipper Kevin Joseph took extra precautions ahead of Maria.
"Our
company, we have lost in excess of a hundred boats so far by Hurricane
Irma, and for that reason we're not taking any chances," Joseph said.
"We're
gonna take the remainder of the fleet that's here in Antigua, and we're
gonna take them south to the island of Martinique where they're safe
for shelter so that we can ride out the impending storm."
Scrambling in Puerto Rico
Puerto
Rico sheltered many of the evacuees who fled Hurricane Irma's wrath in
other Caribbean islands. Now those evacuees and native Puerto Ricans are
bracing for another catastrophic hurricane.
Issa Alexander barely
survived Irma when that hurricane shredded his family's home in the
British Virgin Islands. He evacuated to San Juan, Puerto Rico -- only to
face the prospect of more devastation.
"I'm hoping that Maria doesn't come, but I don't know," said Alexander, 22.
He's
terrified for relatives still in the British Virgin Islands --
especially because the lines of communication are still down.
"I
don't even know if they know that it (Maria) is coming," Alexander
said. "I can only hope that the same spirit that everybody has -- the
same God that helped everybody to survive is still looking over them."
Puerto
Rico housing authorities said there are 450 shelters able to take in
62,714 evacuees, and up to 125,428 in an emergency situation. But there
are six fewer shelters available post-Irma, since some schools still
have no electricity.
What to expect from Maria
Other
Leeward Islands are now under hurricane warnings, including Guadeloupe,
Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat. The US Virgin Islands, the
British Virgin Islands and Martinique also under warnings.
"Maria
will affect portions of the Leeward Islands and the British and US
Virgin Islands as an extremely dangerous major hurricane during the next
couple of days, and hurricane warnings are in effect for many of these
islands," the center said.
There
are tropical storm warnings in effect for Antigua and Barbuda, Saba and
St. Eustatius, St. Martin, Anguilla and St. Lucia. The government of the
Dominican Republic has issued a hurricane watch from Isla Saona to
Puerto Plata, and a tropical storm watch west of Puerto Plata to the
northern Dominican Republic-Haiti border.
Up
to 12 inches of rain -- and even 20 inches in some areas -- are
expected to deluge the central and southern Leeward Islands through
Wednesday night, the National Hurricane Center said.
"Rainfall
amounts of 6 to 12 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 25 inches
are expected across Puerto Rico," the NHC said. "Rainfall on all of
these islands could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides,"
it said.
'More dangerous than Hugo and Georges'
Puerto Rico's governor ordered evacuations Monday ahead of Tuesday's deteriorating conditions.
"Our
call is for people to evacuate areas that are prone to floods and
landslides, in addition to vulnerable structures," Gov. Ricardo Rosselló
said.
"It
is time to seek refuge with a family member, friend, or move to a state
shelter because rescuers will not go out and risk their lives once
winds reach 50 miles per hour."
Rosselló added that Maria's size means all of Puerto Rico will experience hurricane conditions.
If Maria strikes the island as forecast, it will be "more dangerous than Hugo and Georges," he said.
Hurricane Hugo killed five people in Puerto Rico in 1989, and Hurricane Georges caused more than $1.7 billion in damage to the island in 1998.
Hurricane Jose
Another
hurricane, Jose, is also churning in the Atlantic and has spawned
tropical storm warnings for part of the US East Coast.
While
forecasters don't anticipate Jose making landfall in the US, it's still
expected to cause "dangerous surf and rip currents" along the East
Coast in the next few days, the hurricane center said.
At
5 p.m. Monday, Hurricane Jose was about 250 miles east-southeast of
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and was moving north at 10 mph.
The
tropical storm warning is in effect for parts of southern New England,
from Watch Hill, Rhode Island, to Hull, Massachusetts, the NHC said.
"Jose
is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 3 to 5 inches over
eastern Long Island, southeast Connecticut, southern Rhode Island, and
southeast Massachusetts, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket,
through Wednesday," the hurricane center said.
"Minor
to moderate coastal flooding is possible from Delaware to southern New
England," the center said. "Swells generated by Jose are affecting
Bermuda, the Bahamas, and much of the US east coast."
Jose is expected to weaken in the next few days, but will likely remain a hurricane through Tuesday.
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