'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Maria heading for Dominica, Puerto Rico

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Maria heading for Dominica, Puerto Rico

By Holly Yan and Joe Sterling, CNN
Updated 2301 GMT (0701 HKT) September 18, 2017

(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.

It will be unlike anything Puerto Rico has "ever seen before," Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told reporters Monday.

"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."

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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/18/americas/atlantic-storms-maria-jose-lee/index.html

[dubyadiprecession]

1. God knows where the flying nun will end up with those 140 mph wind gusts.

She should finally get rid of her hat. It's always been a bad habit!

[Judi Lynn]

2. Dangerous habit, no doubt about it. n/t