News Alert: Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico
From CNN Breaking News@VERT to no-reply@siteservices.cnn.com on Wed Sep 20 09:04:16 2017
Hurricane Maria made landfall Wednesday morning as a strong Category 4 storm in southeast Puerto Rico, near the city of Yabucoa, the National Hurricane Center said.
At landfall, Maria had sustained winds of 155 mph, just 2 mph short of Category 5 status. It was the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico since 1932. The island's governor, Ricardo Rossell¢, called Maria an "unprecedented" atmospheric system. He said more than 10,000 people had take refuge in shelters.ÿ
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