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Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico

By Reuters
20 September 2017   |   2:03 pm
Hurricane Maria has made landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday, and it is about 35 miles southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour (250 km per hour).

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