Hurricane “Maria”, which approached the Caribbean Islands, reached maximum category five on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This was reported on the website of the National center for U.S. monitoring hurricanes.
The wind speed is 260 kilometers per hour. Meteorologists predict the rise of water 2-3 meters above the normal tidal values.
The element has already started to cause destruction. So, the Prime Minister of the island nation of Dominica wrote in his Facebook that the hurricane blew off the roof of his house, and the building flood.
In addition to “Mary”, in the Atlantic ocean near the East coast of the US raging hurricane Jose.
At the end of August on the Texas hurricane “Harvey”. He was the most destructive natural disaster in the U.S. over the past 12 years. The victims of the hurricane and the resulting flood of steel 60.
10 Sep Florida was hit by another hurricane, “Irma”. Prior to that, he was raging in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. His victims were 55 people.