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A "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5 storm, packing 160 miles per hour winds -- with even higher gusts -- as it nears Dominica and takes aim at the US territory of Puerto Rico. (248231)

Hurricane Maria back at Category 5 as it barrels toward Caribbean

by Euan McKirdy, Joe Sterling and Monte Plott, CNN September 19, 2017October 20, 2021

Hurricane Maria, making its first landfall as a Category 5 storm, has blasted Dominica with “widespread devastation,” according to the prime minister of the Caribbean island nation.