Damages are seen in a supermarket after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico Sept 20, 2017. By 11 pm EDT (0300 GMT), Maria's center was drifting away from Puerto Rico. Storm-related rainfall was expected to range from 20 to 30 inches (50 to 76 cm) on much of Puerto Rico through Friday, according to NHC. Like much of the Caribbean, many homes and businesses across Puerto Rico have wooden or tin roofs that proved no match for a storm of Maria's intensity. Maria was the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in Puerto Rico, behind the 1928 San Felipe Segundo hurricane, which struck the island as a Category 5 storm and killed more than 300 people.

Source: bd News24 September 21, 2017 03:56 UTC