Hurricane Maria pummels Dominica as Category 5 storm

Hurricane Maria, a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm, made landfall on the small island of Dominica on Monday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday evening.Maria pounded Dominica with maximum winds of 160 mph as it surged into the eastern Caribbean on Monday night, and forecasters warned it might become even stronger.A series of Facebook posts by Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit captured the fury of the storm as it made landfall on the mountainous island.