Millions more in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have another day or two to prepare for the storm. The last major hurricane to strike Puerto Rico directly was Georges, which made landfall there as a Category 3 storm, he said. The territory's two other main islands, St. Thomas and St. John, which lie to the north of St. Croix, sustained widespread heavy damage from Irma. Parts of Puerto Rico could see up to 25 inches (64 cm) of rain, it said. Puerto Rico, an island of about 3.4 million inhabitants, opened shelters and began to dismantle construction cranes that could be vulnerable to Maria's high winds.

Source: bd News24 September 19, 2017 04:07 UTC