This could be the worst hurricane in American history
Earlier hurricane Harvey and Irma hit America.Still people hasn't completed Hurricanes Desert.Now ,Hurricane Maria hit on Wednesday in Puerto Rico. ripping through trees and hammering two third of Island by Hurricane force winds.Puerto Rico government stated out that this is total devastation.
Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday near the city of Yabucoa with winds of 155 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. By 10 a.m., those winds had weakened to 145 mph, but Maria was still a Category 4 hurricane capable of ripping roofs off houses.
The storm was likely to be a record-breaking event, CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam said."This could potentially be the strongest hurricane to ever reach the shores of Puerto Rico," he said from San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital.
"A lot of people remember or have heard of the storms that hit in 1928 and 1930. Well, guess what? This could pale those in comparison. ... It will go down in the record books."
Storm surges of 6 to 9 feet were expected.
As Maria pushed through the Caribbean toward Puerto Rico, two people were missing after a boat sank off the coast of La Désirade, a small island near the mainland of Guadeloupe. About 80,000 people, or 40% of households on the island, were left without power, the government said.
Furthermore,The government also had been "organizing" ahead of the storm, Rosselló told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
"We can get people out of harm's way -- flooding regions -- and make their way to safe shelters," he said. "What we're doing is making sure people can pass through, they can weather the storm."
"It's not going to be comfortable, but they're going to be safe. This is our key objective," he said. "We understand infrastructure is going to be devastated. We're going to have to rebuild. ... Lives are not replaceable, but infrastructure is."
Most of the news cited from CNN
Hope everyone will be OK. God Bless America.
Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday near the city of Yabucoa with winds of 155 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. By 10 a.m., those winds had weakened to 145 mph, but Maria was still a Category 4 hurricane capable of ripping roofs off houses.
The storm was likely to be a record-breaking event, CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam said."This could potentially be the strongest hurricane to ever reach the shores of Puerto Rico," he said from San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital.
"A lot of people remember or have heard of the storms that hit in 1928 and 1930. Well, guess what? This could pale those in comparison. ... It will go down in the record books."
Storm surges of 6 to 9 feet were expected.
As Maria pushed through the Caribbean toward Puerto Rico, two people were missing after a boat sank off the coast of La Désirade, a small island near the mainland of Guadeloupe. About 80,000 people, or 40% of households on the island, were left without power, the government said.
Furthermore,The government also had been "organizing" ahead of the storm, Rosselló told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
"We can get people out of harm's way -- flooding regions -- and make their way to safe shelters," he said. "What we're doing is making sure people can pass through, they can weather the storm."
"It's not going to be comfortable, but they're going to be safe. This is our key objective," he said. "We understand infrastructure is going to be devastated. We're going to have to rebuild. ... Lives are not replaceable, but infrastructure is."
Most of the news cited from CNN
Hope everyone will be OK. God Bless America.
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