First Category 4 Hurricane in 80 Years Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico

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Even before landfall, more than 40 percent of the island was is in the dark and flooding had already begun amid lashing winds.

Published Sep. 20 2017 3:21AM EDT

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Updated throughout at 8:45 a.m. EDT, 20 September 2017

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Just as dawn broke over the island, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 miles an hour.

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First Category 4 Hurricane in 80 Years Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico

Even before landfall, more than 40 percent of the island was is in the dark and flooding had already begun amid lashing winds.

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