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Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico
Source: CNN
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico
By Euan McKirdy and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN
Updated 1054 GMT (1854 HKT) September 20, 2017
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) — (Breaking news update at 6:54 a.m. ET)
Hurricane Maria made landfall Wednesday morning as a strong Category 4 storm in southeast Puerto Rico, near the city of Yabucoa, the National Hurricane Center said.
At landfall, Maria had sustained winds of 155 mph, just 2 mph short of Category 5 status. It was the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico since 1932.
(Previous story, published at 5:33 a.m. ET)
Thousands of Puerto Ricans heeded the calls of government officials and have taken refuge in shelters as the Caribbean island braces for Hurricane Maria's direct hit early Wednesday.
"As of 2:30 a.m. we count 10,059 refugees and 189 pets (in shelters)," the island's governor, Ricardo Rosselló, wrote in a tweet. On Tuesday, he called Maria an "unprecedented" atmospheric system.
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By Euan McKirdy and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN
Updated 1054 GMT (1854 HKT) September 20, 2017
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) — (Breaking news update at 6:54 a.m. ET)
Hurricane Maria made landfall Wednesday morning as a strong Category 4 storm in southeast Puerto Rico, near the city of Yabucoa, the National Hurricane Center said.
At landfall, Maria had sustained winds of 155 mph, just 2 mph short of Category 5 status. It was the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico since 1932.
(Previous story, published at 5:33 a.m. ET)
Thousands of Puerto Ricans heeded the calls of government officials and have taken refuge in shelters as the Caribbean island braces for Hurricane Maria's direct hit early Wednesday.
"As of 2:30 a.m. we count 10,059 refugees and 189 pets (in shelters)," the island's governor, Ricardo Rosselló, wrote in a tweet. On Tuesday, he called Maria an "unprecedented" atmospheric system.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/20/americas/hurricane-maria-caribbean-islands/index.html
