Hurricane Maria rips into Caribbean and could sling Jose toward the US East Coast

Hurricane Maria made landfall Monday evening as an “extremely dangerous” Category 5 storm on the island of Dominica and is expected wreak devastation across the Caribbean over the next couple of days before making a turn north when it could dance around a meandering Hurricane Jose and send that storm flying toward the East Coast.

Category 5 Hurricane Maria to lash Irma-battered Caribbean islands with flooding, damaging winds

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Maria — on a path that would take it near many of the islands already wrecked by Hurricane Irma and then on toward Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic — is an “extremely dangerous” storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. It was centered about 15 miles east-southeast of Dominica — or 40 miles east of Martinique — and heading west-northwest at 9 mph late Monday afternoon.

Hurricane Jose staying off U.S. East Coast as Storm Maria forms

Hurricane Jose is expected to pass east of the North Carolina coast on Monday and remain off the U.S. East Coast from Virginia to New England, while Tropical Storm Maria formed and is forecast to become a hurricane early next week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

Lights still out for 5.8 million U.S. customers after Irma

Some 5.8 million homes and businesses in Florida and nearby states still had no power on Tuesday after the pummeling from Hurricane Irma, as utility companies scrambled to get the lights back on in one of the biggest power restoration efforts in U.S. history.

U.S. Military Plays big role in Irma Relief Efforts

The U.S. military is playing a big part in the relief efforts associated with Hurricane Irma. The Department of Defense reports around 15,000 service members are helping in Florida, Georgia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Hurricane Jose threatens the US

Another hurricane is moving in the direction of the mainland U.S. as the remnants of Hurricane Irma continue to sweep through the Southeast.

Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads

Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of all state residents without power and city streets underwater from Orlando and Jacksonville into coastal Georgia and South Carolina.

Irma lost some oomph over Cuba before its assault on Florida

Before crashing into Florida, Hurricane Irma set all sorts of records for brute strength as it flattened Caribbean islands and swamped the Florida Keys. Irma’s assault — so soon after Harvey’s deluge of Houston — marked the first time the U.S. was hit by two Category 4 storms in the same year.

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