Residents of many Caribbean Islands barely had time to catch their breath after Hurricane Irma ravaged their shores before a second Category 5 hurricane came barreling through.
Hurricane Maria devastated the Leeward Islands of Dominica and Guadeloupe on Monday and Tuesday, and has turned its destructive eye on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Here's what the damage looks like on the ground.
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In Dominica, "initial reports are of widespread devastation," according to a Facebook post by prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit. "The winds have swept away the roofs of almost every person I have spoken to or otherwise made contact with," he wrote on Monday night.
Maria is one of the fastest intensifying hurricanes on record. It strengthened from a Category 1 to a Category 5 in under 24 hours.
In Guadeloupe, a French territory, maximum wind speeds reached 160 mph.
Source: National Hurricane Center
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