Hurricane Maria

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Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths. It is the deadliest and costliest hurricane to strike the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and is the deadliest hurricane to strike the country of Dominica and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The thirteenth named storm, eighth consecutive hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Maria was the most intense and deadliest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017. It was also the twelfth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, with a minimum central pressure of 908 millibars (26.8 inHg). Total monetary losses are estimated at upwards of $91.61 billion (2017 USD), almost all of which came from Puerto Rico, ranking it as the fourth-costliest tropical cyclone on record....

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