Live Hurricane Maria batters Puerto Rico with force 'not seen in modern history' - latest news

[Sunlei]

Source: telegraph uk

Hurricane Maria is pummelling Puerto Rico, bringing "catastrophic" 155mph winds and dangerous storm surges, after battering the Virgin Islands.

It made landfall in Puerto Rico at 11.15am BST in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa and is expected to punish the island with life-threatening winds that have torn off roofs and sent doors flying from hinges for up to 24 hours.

Watch live: Track path of Hurricane Maria



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Watch live: Track path of Hurricane Maria

have to go to the news website to watch the live map

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/20/hurricane-maria-path-latest-news-live-puerto-rico-virgin-islands/

[EX500rider]

1. 'not seen in modern history' If you don't count 1992 as modern history I suppose...

Hurricane Andrew had sustained winds of 165mph+ and micro-bursts over 200mph.
Some houses in Homestead were taken down to the foundation.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew

[Iwasthere]

2. The 24 hours part

[Liberalagogo]

3. The quote is from the PR governor

"This is going to be an extremely violent phenomenon," Governor Ricardo Rossello said. "We have not experienced an event of this magnitude in our modern history."

[hatrack]

6. Not seen in Puerto Rico, I think . . .

They haven't had a Cat 4 strike in 85 years.

[LanternWaste]

7. Context is a difficult concept to grasp

Context is a difficult concept to grasp, especially when we try to show everyone how clever we are...

[EX500rider]

8. Not writing everything twice also escapes some people..

[Still In Wisconsin]

4. TRUMP's hurricanes are the BIGGEST and the BEST!

The TRUMP Presidency hurricanes are unprecedented. They are UNBELIEVABLE! #MAGA!!!!!!!!!!

[lark]

5. Crying for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Will the Caribbean be able to last in these climate change summers with multiple Cat 5 storms? The storms are getting bigger and more frequent. Living in FL, I'm scared. Jax. is the safest of FL's larger cities and it's not safe here either. I live in an old growth oak forest where trees were only cut if they were in the way of the foundation. Live Oaks can look so beautiful and be rotten inside. I've seen a number of neighbors with these on top of their houses because of Matthew or Irma. We haven't had the trees cut back from over the top of the house in 20 years, never felt the need to. We had no major storms near us from 2005 - 2016, now there's been 2 in 2 years. As soon as this current crisis calms down, we will be getting a good tree service out and have any trees that are rotting inside removed plus ones over our house. It will cost us probably quite a bit of $, but then losing our house would be more expensive, in many ways. We're lucky, we've both had decent jobs and have some $ in savings. I feel so bad for those who don't have resources.

I feel especially sad for our island brothers and sisters in this horrible hurricane summer. I can't imagine the horror they are living through.

[NickB79]

11. Honestly? No, no they will not.

It's a race to see what does them in first. Economic collapse from rebuild costs. Sea level rise and storm surges. Or, rising heat and humidity passing the wet bulb limit where humans literally can't cool off enough to survive without A/C.

But this isn't unique to the Caribbean. There will be billion of climate refugees by century's end, scrambling to flee the dying tropics for cooler areas. My grandchildren will be tending my Minnesota banana farm by then.

[lark]

13. I think the same.

The Caribbean is already mostly destroyed, Miami floods at high tide all the time, the changes are just getting worse. There will be lots of refugees from my state.

[YOHABLO]

9. It's as if hurricanes are now competing for which is the worse .."in modern history" (?)

[Sunlei]

10. very bad, a lot is wrecked-here's a list of emergency numbers for PR with cells from a poster Rojoe

message from Mayor of Puerto Rico

Link to tweet

list from Puerto Rico resident Rojoe.
I'm here right now. We got wrecked. Slept in the bathroom, my window blew out in the middle of the night. Thankfully the apartment where I'm staying only flooded with 2 inches of water. There's people who lost EVERYTHING.... We are expecting to be without electricity for 4 to 6 months. On top of that, heartless asshls are already looting business and homes. The police force will not be able to handle the crime wave. Irma apparently was rehearsal for the real monster.

Boricuas... Pa lante que esto es pa largo.

Edit: Here are emergency phone numbers for those who need them:

Agencia Estatal para el Manejo de Emergencias (State Emergency Agency)

Teléfono: 787-724-0124

Carolina: 787-750-7708 x. 7715

Fajardo: 787-863-3330 x. 3331

Humacao: 787-852-4011

San Juan: 787-294-0277 x.0759

FEMA

787-296-3500

AEE (Energy Company)

787-289-3434

Policía

787-343-2020

Bomberos (firefighters)
Servicio Nacional de Meteorología

787-253-4586

Cruz Roja Americana Capítulo de Puerto Rico (red cross)

787-758-8150

Departamento de Salud

Línea PAS: 1-800-981-0023

Departamento de la Familia

787-294-4900

Línea de Orientación y Apoyo Familiar:

787-977-8022 / 1-888-359-7777

Línea de Maltrato:

787-749-1333 / 1-800-981-8333

Para reportar problemas con el servicio de agua o alcantarillado:

METRO 787-620-2482

Isla 1-877-411-2482

AUDIOIMPEDIDOS 787-751-8125

Autoridad Energía Eléctrica (AEE)

Emergencias 787-521-3434

Audio Impedidos: 787-521-3050

Arecibo 787-816-6270

Bayamón 787-521-6888

Caguas 787-521-7955

Carolina 787-521-8888

Ponce 787-812-8585

San Juan 787-521-6066

[NickB79]

12. 4-6 months. Jesus Christ.

My wife's family is there . We were going to visit them in March, let our daughter see her great-grandmother at least one more time and experience some of her culture.

[Sunlei]

14. Hope you heard from the family & everyone is ok. I see on the news people already clearing streets &

sweeping sidewalks. The airport is clear and lights on in places with generators. Maybe your wife's family would appreciate a couple packages. camp stove is nice, along with fuel, coffee, tea, add water type foods, milk, soups, broths. toiletries and soaps for cleaning like dish detergents. some towels, comfortable clothes & a couple cloths line type ropes, a radio & light(solar/crank charge) with batteries.- all this make a decent care package for a small family. don't forget a few games/toys if there are children.

[Sunlei]

15. a tip for mailing stuff is to buy one of these, (link) its shipped to you in a box- you can fill the

you can fill the bin with supplies, re-use the cardboard box for your shipment & the storage bin is very handy.

https://www.amazon.com/IRIS-Quart-Stack-Pull-Clear/dp/B00BCLIWGA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1506002681&sr=8-4&keywords=plastic+storage+box+with+lid