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Hurricane Maria Headed For Puerto Rico As Island Struggles To Recover From Irma
ZeroHedge,
17
September, 2017
The
National Hurricane Center has
upgraded formerly tropical storm Maria to a category one hurricane
Sunday as
it hurtles northwest toward the Lesser Antilles. The storm, which is
expected to hammer the Leeward Islands Monday with 75 mph winds, has
inspired several meteorologists to superimpose the latest forecast
cone for Maria over the path traveled by Hurricane Irma. And the
result, for many residents of the Caribbean, is frankly chilling.
After
Irma hammered numerous Caribbean islands, leaving a million people in
Puerto Rico without power and essentially wiping the tiny island of
Barbuda off the map (not to mention the damage it caused in Florida,
Georgia and South Carolina), it now appears that Maria could deal
another devastating blow to the islands before they've had a chance
to recover. In the chart below shared by Richard Dixon, a
meteorologist at Cat Insight, areas within the yellow band in the
chart below have a greater than 20% chance of experiencing
hurricane-force winds next week as Maria glides over the Caribbean.
Meanwhile, the blue band represents the path taken by Irma.
In the direct path of #Maria, at hurricane strength:
Martinique
Dominica
Guadeloupe
Montserrat
St. Kitts & Nevis
USVI
BVI
Puerto Rico
D.R. pic.twitter.com/u3WayKDck1
Combined the #Maria forecast hurricane swath with the #Irmahurricane force swath to see who might be getting a second hit.pic.twitter.com/Y3EU1dmVb3
The
group of islands potentially facing a second hit includes:
Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis,
US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the
Dominican Republic.
Newly named Tropical Storm #Maria expected to strengthen and affect portions of the Leeward Islands as a hurricane.hurricanes.gov
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