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HURRICANE MARIA

The storm has weakened to a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 115 mph, and is set to pass offshore of the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic today, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Maria will then move near the Turks and Caicos and southeastern Bahamas tonight and Friday.
Keep visiting this story as we will continue to update it with the most current information throughout the duration of the storm.

Dominica
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In statement obtained by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit confirmed that seven people have died after Hurricane Maria passed through the country on Monday night through Tuesday. 
“It's difficult to determine the level of fatalities,” he said to the CTO on a satellite phone around 4:30 a.m. this morning, “but so far seven are confirmed, as a direct result of the hurricane.”
Skerrit, however, noted he fears that number will rise as he makes his way into the rural communities on Wednesday.
“Tremendous loss of housing and public buildings,” he said. “The main general hospital took a beating. Patient care has been compromised. Many buildings serving as shelters lost roofs, which means that a very urgent need now is tarpaulins and other roofing materials.”
Skerrit said that although little contact has been made with other communities, some people walked 10-15 miles toward the city of Roseau reported destruction of homes, some roadways and crops. Skerrit also stressed the urgent need for helicopters to take food, water and tarpaulins to outer districts for shelter. 
“The urgent needs now are roofing materials for shelters, bedding supplies for hundreds stranded in or outside what's left of their homes and food and water drops for residents of outlying districts inaccessible at the moment,” said Skerrit.
He said he expects Canefield Airport to accommodate helicopter landings today, nothing that the waters around the main Roseau port will be calm enough to accommodate vessels bringing relief supplies and other forms of assistance. Skerrit also said the tarmac at Douglas–Charles Airport, formerly known as Melville Hall Airport, was not too badly damaged so the strip should be opened in a day or two for larger relief planes to land.
“The country is in a daze,” he said. “No electricity, no running water, as a result of uprooted pipes in most communities and definitely to landline or cellphone services on island, and that will be for quite a while.
“In summary, the island has been devastated,” Skerrit continued. “The housing stock is significantly damaged or destroyed. All available public buildings are being used as shelters; with very limited roofing materials evident.”

Guadeloupe
According to Reuters, two people have been confirmed dead in Guadeloupe.
The Prefecture of Guadeloupe has confirmed that a person was killed Tuesday morning on the French island after being struck by a falling tree, according to the Reuters report. Authorities note that the person did not heed orders to remain indoors, according to the report. 
A second death was reported Wednesday by the Associated Press. Two people are also reported missing after a boat sank near La Désirade island, according to Reuters. 

Puerto Rico
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Myrskysateet ja suuret tulvat aiheurraneet paljon vahinkoa. Sokeriruoko ja banaaniviljemät tuhoutuneet. Puerto Rico oli kuulu sademetsistään, joita ei enää ole.

Hurricane Maria passed through Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the “most devastating storm to hit the island this century, if not in modern history,” Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello told CNN.
According to Weather.com, Puerto Rican emergency officials are reporting that 100 percent of the island is without power after Hurricane Maria. According to the CNN report, Ricardo Ramos, the CEO of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, said Puerto Ricans may not get power back for four to six months.
"The system has been basically destroyed," Ramos told CNN.
Maria destroyed 80 percent of the homes in the Juana Matos neighborhood of the San Juan suburb of Catano, according to Weather.com.
According to The Telegraph, Carlos Mercader, spokesman for Puerto Rico's governor, said, “This is total devastation. Puerto Rico, in terms of the infrastructure, will not be the same. This is something of historic proportions."
On Thursday, President Donald Trump issued a disaster declaration for the territory that is home to 3.4 million people, making federal funding available to Puerto Ricans affected by the storm.

Dominican Republic
On Thursday morning, the government of the Dominican Republic discontinued the tropical storm warning along the southern coast of the Dominican Republic west of Andres/Boca Chica, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane watch from Isla Saona to Cabo Engano has also been discontinued.
As of 11 a.m. Thursday, a hurricane warning remains is in effect for the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to Puerto Plata. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the area west of Puerto Plata to the northern border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Haiti
A dangerous storm surge accompanied by large and destructive waves will raise water levels by one to three feet along the northern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, according to the National Hurricane Center. 

St. Kitts and Nevis
The eye of Hurricane Maria passed to the south of St. Kitts and Nevis on Tuesday afternoon with the center having been located 90 miles west-southwest of the islands, according to the CTO. 
Rapid assessment teams are currently being deployed to determine the extent of disruption caused by the storm. Everyone is advised to remain indoors until the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) states that the "all clear" is given. All storm watches and warnings for St. Kitts and Nevis have been discontinued, according to the CTO. Essential services are up and operating.
St. Kitts' Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (SKB) was slated to re-open this morning, Sept. 20, according to the CTo. American Airlines' non-stop daily flight #318 from Miami (MIA) to St. Kitts is operating today and is scheduled to depart Miami on time at 11:45am and arrive on island at 3:35 p.m.
British Airways' flight #2157 from Gatwick Airport (LGW) in London to St. Kitts via Antigua (ANU) scheduled to operate today, Sept. 20 has been cancelled. However, the flight has been rerouted to operate tomorrow LGW-ANU-SKB-ANU-LGW as flight #2157/2256 and passengers who were scheduled to depart on today's flight will be re-accommodated on that flight, according to the CTO. 

Turks and Caicos
As of 11 a.m. Thursday, a hurricane warning remained in effect for Turks and Caicos, according to the National Hurricane Center. According to CNN, Maria could dump more than 15 inches of rain on Turks and Caicos.

U.S. Virgin Islands
The government of the U.S Virgin Islands is working to assess damage to the territory following the passage of Hurricane Maria, according to the CTO.
The eye of the Category 5 storm passed south of St. Croix overnight, bringing with it hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and flooding. 
The islands of St. John, St. Thomas and Water Island, which are still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Irma, endured tropical storm conditions.
 
"We are thankful for life today - let's continue to support each other as we recover from these weather events," said Beverly Nicholson-Doty, Commissioner of Tourism, in a written statement

The British Virgin Islands
A hurricane warning was is in effect for the British Virgin Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center, as of 11 a.m.

The Bahamas
As of Thursday morning, hurricane warning remained in effect for the Southeastern Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center.  Swells generated by Maria are affecting the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These swells will begin affecting the northern coast of Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos and the Southeastern Bahamas during the next day or two, according to the National Hurricane Center.