Hurricane Maria, with 125-mph winds, was devastating the Turks and Caicos on Friday morning. NOAA said it then will head for the Bahamas, carrying a storm surge of 10-15 feet and dumping up to 20 inches of rain before swirling north into the Atlantic. It’s still too early to tell whether it will pass between Bermuda and the U.S. mainland or move closer to the coast.
Maria already destroyed Puerto Rico, knocking out all the power on the island, flooding rivers and causing “total destruction.” And that was after it passed over St. Croix and caused even more damage to the already hard-hit islands of St. John and St. Thomas and the British Virgin Islands. In the BVI, Maria “just rearranged the rubble” already left by Hurricane Irma. Read more on the forecast and the damage here:
