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Hurricane Maria Lashes Puerto Rico, Storm-Battered Caribbean

Hurricane Maria barrelled through the Caribbean on a destructive path similar to Irma's earlier in the month.

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Image: Aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

A car is smashed against a pole in San Juan on Sept. 21, the day after Hurricane Maria made landfall.

After leaving a deadly trail of destruction on a string of smaller Caribbean islands, Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico's southeast coast around daybreak, packing winds of around 150 mph.

— Jorge J. Muniz / EPA
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A tree lies across Plaza de Colon in Old San Juan.

Hurricane Maria, the most powerful storm to hit the U.S. territory in almost a century, ravaged the island, demolishing homes and knocking out all electricity. 

— Alex Wroblewski / Getty Images
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Downed trees cover a street in San Juan on Sept. 20.

 

— Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images
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Police cars make their way down darkened streets as power failed in San Juan following the passage of Hurricane Maria.

Millions of people in Puerto Rico potentially face up to half a year without power after Maria devastated the U.S. territory, according to officials. Puerto Rico's electric grid was crumbling amid lack of maintenance and a dwindling staff even before Maria and Irma hit the island.

— Alex Wroblewski / Getty Images
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A man wades through a flooded road in Fajardo, eastern Puerto Rico. 

— Ricardo Ardengo / AFP - Getty Images
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People walk by a sail boat washed ashore in Fajardo. 

— Ricardo Arduengo / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Electricity poles and lines lay toppled on the road after Hurricane Maria hit the eastern region of Puerto Rico

Electricity poles and lines lay toppled on the road in Humacao.

— Carlos Giusti / AP
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A man walks past a destroyed house in Guayama, on the southern coast of Puerto Rico.

— Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
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A man looks for valuables in the damaged house of a relative in Guayama. 

— Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
Image: Rescue workers help people after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama

Rescue workers help people in Guayama. 

— Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
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Debris litters a street in San Juan. 

— Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images
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A woman wades through floodwaters in the Puerto Nuevo neighborhood of San Juan. 

— Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images
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A police car patrols as the hurricane hits in Fajardo.

— Ricardo Ardeungo / AFP - Getty Images
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A man and his daughter make their way through rain on a beach in San Juan on Sept. 19, prior to the arrival of Hurricane Maria.

— Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images
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Puerto Ricans take refuge at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan ahead of Hurricane Maria.
— Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images
Resident survey damage from Hurricane Maria in Roseau, Dominica, on Sept. 20, 2017.

Dominica

People survey the damage in Roseau on Sept. 20, the day after Hurricane Maria passed over the island.

The prime minister of Dominica says more than 15 people are dead and 20 remain missing after Hurricane Maria's direct hit on the Caribbean island.

— AFP - Getty Images file
Image: Damaged homes from Hurricane Maria are shown in this aerial photo over the island of Dominica

Roofs are stripped from houses on the island of Dominica on Sept. 19.
— Nigel R. Browne / Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency via Reuters
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Dominican Republic

Men cut a fallen tree in Bavaro after the crossing of Hurricane Maria on Sept. 21. Hurricane Maria hit the northeastern Dominican Republic early Thursday and was expected to pass near the Turks and Caicos later in the day.

— Tatiana Fernandez / AP
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Guadeloupe

A boat lays on its side off the shore on Sept. 19. 

— Dominique Chomereau-Lamotte / AP
Image: A man looks at a fallen tree as he walks along a street after the passage of Hurricane Maria in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe island

A man passes a fallen tree in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. 

— Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters
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Martinique

People survey the debris at a restaurant in Le Carbet on Sept. 19. Martinique suffered power outages but avoided major damage.

— Lionel Chamoiseau / AFP - Getty Images
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Rocks swept by strong waves cover a road in Le Carbet.

— Lionel Chamoiseau / AFP - Getty Images
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A woman watches strong surf from her doorstep in Saint-Pierre, Martinique. 

PHOTOS: Hurricane Irma Brings Chaos and Despair to Caribbean

— Lionel Chamoiseau / AFP - Getty Images
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