Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly into Category 4 strength off Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, which forecasters warned could cause extreme flooding, mudslides and even tornados. Hilary had sustained winds near 145 mph (230 kph) early Friday, and was expected to strengthen a bit more before starting to weaken. Nevertheless, it was forecast to still be a hurricane when approaching Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday night, and a tropical storm when approaching Southern California on Sunday. The National Hurricane Center on Friday issued its first ever tropical storm watch for much of Southern California, covering a wide swath of the region from the coast to the interior mountains and deserts. No tropical storm has made landfall in Southern California since Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National Weather Service. The watch warned of numerous potential threats to life and property including ...

US President Donald Trump considered selling Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the destructive Hurricane Maria in 2017, former acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke has told the New York Times

The island of about 3.4 million was ravaged by the megastorm and a majority are still without electricity, while others in isolated areas continue to await services and help

Puerto Rico was already battling dangerous floods after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island

Part of the island is lacking communications so what we have are some preliminary assessments about 13 deaths at this juncture: Puerto Rico Governor

Maria has killed at least 18 people and devastated several small islands, including St Croix in the US Virgin Islands and Dominica

Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, a US territory with 3.3 million people, earlier on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm

The wind sounds like a woman screaming at the top of her lungs: Photographer and storm chaser, Mike Theiss

Maria is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous Category 4 or 5 hurricane while it approaches, said NHC

Maria has been fluctuating in intensity between Category 4 and Category 5, hitting Dominica with winds of up to 257 kmph: US National Hurricane Center

Britain, France and the Netherlands said they were boosting resources for the Caribbean as Maria approaches

Maria is one of three storms churning in the Atlantic Ocean, but it poses the most danger to the hurricane-battered Caribbean according to CNN