19-09-2017 21:57 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Hurricane Maria targets St. Croix and Puerto Rico after ripping up Dominica

By Alvin BaezSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hurricane Maria, the second maximum-strength storm to rage over the Caribbean this month, killed at least one person inGuadeloupe and barreled toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday after devastating the small island nation of Dominica.Maria, a rare Category 5 storm at the top end of the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, churned in the eastern Caribbean about 110 miles (175 km) southeast of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. fore
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