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| Category 5 'Hurricane Maria' Batters Island of Dominica, Threatens Others
Storm's path could take it near many islands recently devastated by Irma Hurricane Maria swept over the small island of Dominica with catastrophic Category 5 winds overnight, starting a charge into the eastern Caribbean that threatens islands already devastated by Hurricane Irma and holds the possibility of a direct hit on Puerto Rico. Fierce winds and driving rain lashed mountainous Dominica for hours, causing flooding and tearing roofs from homes. A police official on the island, Insp. Pellam Jno Baptiste, said late Monday that there were no immediate reports of casualties but it was still too dangerous for officers to do a full assessment as the storm raged outside. "Where we are, we can't move," he said in a brief phone interview while hunkered down against the region's second Category 5 hurricane this month. Dominica Prime