Hurricane Maria

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Hurricane Maria was a catastrophic Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2017 that devastated Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands, causing widespread destruction, prolonged power outages, and thousands of deaths.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Cape Verde hurricane ⓘ
Category 4 hurricane ⓘ
affectedArea British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Dominica ⓘ
Hispaniola ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean

Puerto Rico ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
The Bahamas ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
countryMostAffected Dominica ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
dateOfLandfall 2017-09-18 ⓘ
2017-09-20 ⓘ
dissipatedOn 2017-10-02 ⓘ
economicDamage about 91 billion USD ⓘ
economicDamageRank one of the costliest hurricanes on record ⓘ
fatalitiesEstimate >3000 ⓘ
fatalitiesRange approximately 3,000–3,100 (direct and indirect) ⓘ
formedOn 2017-09-16 ⓘ
infrastructureImpact near-total collapse of Puerto Rico power grid ⓘ
severe damage to housing and transportation in Puerto Rico ⓘ
widespread destruction of buildings in Dominica ⓘ
landfallLocation British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Dominica ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
The Bahamas ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico ⓘ
madeLandfallAs Category 4 hurricane in Puerto Rico ⓘ
Category 5 hurricane in Dominica ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds 175 mph ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure 908 mbar ⓘ
nameReplacedBy Margot ⓘ
nameRetired true ⓘ
nameRetiredBy World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
nameRetiredOn 2018-04 ⓘ
notableFor devastating impact on Puerto Rico ⓘ
high death toll in Puerto Rico ⓘ
severe damage in Dominica and other Caribbean islands ⓘ
widespread and prolonged power outages ⓘ
powerOutageDuration many areas of Puerto Rico without power for months ⓘ
rainfallImpact torrential rainfall and catastrophic flooding in Puerto Rico ⓘ
reachedCategory Category 5 ⓘ
response international humanitarian aid to affected Caribbean islands ⓘ
large-scale federal disaster response in Puerto Rico ⓘ
season 2017 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
stormSurgeImpact damaging storm surge along Puerto Rico’s coast ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arecibo Observatory → damagedBy → Hurricane Maria in 2017 ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Maria
Cayo Santiago → affectedBy → Hurricane Maria (2017) ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Maria
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico → firstLandfallOf → Hurricane Maria ⓘ
economy of Puerto Rico → affectedBy → Hurricane Maria ⓘ