Tag: Hurricane Maria

Roseau: More than 15 people were killed and 20 others reported missing after Hurricane Maria battered the Caribbean island of Dominica with winds of 260 kph. “So far, we would have buried in excess of 15 people,” Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on Thursday night. “If there (are) no other fatalities, it is a miracle.” The […]

Washington: The “potentially catastrophic” hurricane Maria, the strongest storm on record to make landfall in Dominica, has devastated the Caribbean island, the country’s Prime Minister said on Tuesday. The powerful storm, which made landfall at 9.15 p.m. on Monday, has since been downgraded from a Category 5 to a 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 […]

Washington: The “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane Maria, the strongest storm on record to make landfall in Dominica, is battering the Caribbean island, and is on course directly hit Puerto Rico, the first time in 85 years, the media reported. A statement from the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said that its record-topping winds reached 160 miles […]