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"Currently, the Caribbean is seeing warmer sea surface temperatures - around 30 degree Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). And that's another reason for this strong hurricane season.",  Andreas Friedrich

Hurricane Maria hits Dominica with Category 5 punch

A "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Maria, now a Category 5 storm, made landfall on Dominica late Monday and continued its path toward the US territory of Puerto Rico.

www.cnn.com|Holly Yan and Joe Sterling, CNN

A National Hurricane Center statement said Maria is the strongest storm on record to make landfall in Dominica. It came ashore on the island country at 9:15 p.m. It had winds of 160 miles per hour.

"My roof is gone," Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in a Facebook post. "I am at the complete mercy of the hurricane. House is flooding."

#Maria now an extremely dangerous Cat 5 Hurricane w/ max winds to 160mph as it nears Dominica. GOES16 Clean Window IR Band (prelim & non-op)

NWS Indianapolis‏ - Sep 18, 2017 8:04PM