Hurricane Maria rains lashes Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico after storm tears through eastern Caribbean

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-hurricane-maria-20170919-story.html

People walk amid debris of a restaurant shattered by Hurricane Maria in Le Carbet on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. (Reuters news service)

SAN JUAN, PR (Molly Hennessy-Fiske.  LosAngeles Times.  Please click on the link for the full story.  here is an excerpt below.

Hurricane Maria was lashing the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with rain Tuesday afternoon after it devastated the Caribbean island of Dominica with 160 mph winds.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the potentially catastrophic storm was expected to remain extremely dangerous when it passes near or over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

“Preparations against life-threatening storm surge and rainfall flooding and destructive winds should be rushed to completion,” the center said.

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