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Title : Category 5 Hurricane "Maria" hits Dominica, Puerto Rico bracing for catastrophic impact
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Category 5 Hurricane "Maria" hits Dominica, Puerto Rico bracing for catastrophic impact
| The Watchers | Sep 19, 2017 |
"We do not know what is happening outside. We do not dare look out. All we are hearing is the sound of galvanizing flying. The sound of the fury of the wind, as we pray for its end," Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in a Facebook post as the hurricane raged through the island. "My roof is gone. I am at the complete mercy of the hurricane. House is flooding," he posted soon after that, as he was waiting to be rescued.
"Initial reports are of widespread devastation," he said just before 06:00 UTC (02:00 local time). "So far we have lost all that money can buy and replace. My greatest fear for the morning is that we will wake to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of likely landslides triggered by persistent rains."
The eye of Category 5 Hurricane "Maria" was raging across Dominica for more than 2 hours on September 19, 2017, as the strongest storm to hit Dominica ever. It hit the country's southeast regions about 01:00 UTC (21:00 local time) with maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) and exited in its northwest after 03:00 UTC (23:00 local time). Although some fluctuations in intensity are likely over the next 24 - 48 hours, Maria is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane as it approaches the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
"We do not know what is happening outside. We do not dare look out. All we are hearing is the sound of galvanizing flying. The sound of the fury of the wind, as we pray for its end," Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in a Facebook post as the hurricane raged through the island. "My roof is gone. I am at the complete mercy of the hurricane. House is flooding," he posted soon after that, as he was waiting to be rescued.
"Initial reports are of widespread devastation," he said just before 06:00 UTC (02:00 local time). "So far we have lost all that money can buy and replace. My greatest fear for the morning is that we will wake to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of likely landslides triggered by persistent rains."
"The winds have swept away the roofs of almost every person I have spoken to or otherwise made contact with. The roof of my official residence was among the first to go and this apparently triggered an avalanche of torn away roofs in the city and the countryside," he said.
"Come tomorrow morning we will hit the road, as soon as the all clear is given, in search of the injured and those trapped in the rubble. I am honestly not preoccupied with physical damage at this time, because it is devastating...indeed, mind-boggling. My focus now is in rescuing the trapped and securing medical assistance for the injured.
We will need help, my friend, we will need help of all kinds.
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