Maria Latest Threat to Puerto Rico After $1 Billion Irma Hit
- Hurricane seen hitting bankrupt island on Wednesday morning
- At least six people died on the island of Dominica: official
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Hurricane Maria was on course to hit Puerto Rico just two weeks after Irma caused as much as $1 billion in damages on the bankrupt island.
Maria’s top winds were at 155 miles (250 kilometers) an hour, the National Hurricane Center said in a notice around 6 a.m. New York time. At Category 5, the strongest classification on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, Maria was about 35 miles southeast of San Juan in Puerto Rico.