Hurricane Maria is shown in the Atlantic Ocean at 10:45pm (Malaysian time) on Sept 18, 2017. - NASA/NOAA GOES Project
Maria made landfall on the Caribbean island of Dominica on Monday night as a dangerous Category 5 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Maria was packing maximum sustained winds of 260kmh, placing it at the top level of the Saffir-Simpson hurricane and wind scale, the Miami-based forecaster said in its latest advisory.
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