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Photos: Hurricane Maria slams Puerto Rico, flooding and power cuts ensue

Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, causing flooding and power outages despite reaching the US territory as a Category 4 storm impeded by Puerto Rico's high mountains. The storm may pick up strength again on Thursday as it heads to the Dominican Republic.

Updated on: Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM IST

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A man looks for valuables in the damaged house of a relative after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to strike Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years, carved a path of destruction as it ripped through the US territory, causing severe flooding and plunging the island into darkness as the storm’s death toll in the Caribbean rose to at least 10. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

A man looks for valuables in the damaged house of a relative after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to strike Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years, carved a path of destruction as it ripped through the US territory, causing severe flooding and plunging the island into darkness as the storm’s death toll in the Caribbean rose to at least 10. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

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Hurricane Maria is pictured engulfing Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea in this September 20, 2017 NASA satellite photo. Reaching Puerto Rico ranked a Category 4 storm, with sustained winds of up to 155 miles per hour (250 km per hour), Maria ripped roofs from buildings and turned low-lying roadways into rushing debris-laden rivers cutting across the island. The island’s 3.4 million people faced life-threatening winds for hours, the second time in two weeks in the wake of Hurricane Irma. (NASA / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

Hurricane Maria is pictured engulfing Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea in this September 20, 2017 NASA satellite photo. Reaching Puerto Rico ranked a Category 4 storm, with sustained winds of up to 155 miles per hour (250 km per hour), Maria ripped roofs from buildings and turned low-lying roadways into rushing debris-laden rivers cutting across the island. The island’s 3.4 million people faced life-threatening winds for hours, the second time in two weeks in the wake of Hurricane Irma. (NASA / REUTERS)

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Inhabitants walk in flood water from the Puerto Nuevo river during the passage of Hurricane Maria, in San Juan. ‘This might be a new, permanent part of our lives,’ said Ramon Claudio Ortiz, 71, a retired lawyer. ‘We’re going to have to revisit our building codes.’ Maria was the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in Puerto Rico, behind the 1928 San Felipe Segundo hurricane, which struck the island as a Category 5 storm and killed more than 300 people. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

Inhabitants walk in flood water from the Puerto Nuevo river during the passage of Hurricane Maria, in San Juan. ‘This might be a new, permanent part of our lives,’ said Ramon Claudio Ortiz, 71, a retired lawyer. ‘We’re going to have to revisit our building codes.’ Maria was the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in Puerto Rico, behind the 1928 San Felipe Segundo hurricane, which struck the island as a Category 5 storm and killed more than 300 people. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

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Residents of San Juan, Puerto Rico, dealt with damage to their homes on September 20, 2017, as Hurricane Maria battered the island. Slamming into Puerto Rico on Wednesday, Maria cut power on most of the US territory as terrified residents hunkered down in the face of the island's worst storm in living memory. After leaving a deadly trail of destruction on a string of smaller Caribbean islands, Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico's southeast coast around daybreak. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

Residents of San Juan, Puerto Rico, dealt with damage to their homes on September 20, 2017, as Hurricane Maria battered the island. Slamming into Puerto Rico on Wednesday, Maria cut power on most of the US territory as terrified residents hunkered down in the face of the island's worst storm in living memory. After leaving a deadly trail of destruction on a string of smaller Caribbean islands, Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico's southeast coast around daybreak. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

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Rescue workers pray before walking out from the Emergency Operation Centre during Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. More than 11,000 people — and more than 580 pets — were in shelters, authorities said. Governor Ricardo Rossello urged people to have faith: ‘We are stronger than any hurricane. Together, we will rebuild.’ He asked President Donald Trump to declare the island a disaster zone, a step that would open the way to federal aid. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

Rescue workers pray before walking out from the Emergency Operation Centre during Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. More than 11,000 people — and more than 580 pets — were in shelters, authorities said. Governor Ricardo Rossello urged people to have faith: ‘We are stronger than any hurricane. Together, we will rebuild.’ He asked President Donald Trump to declare the island a disaster zone, a step that would open the way to federal aid. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

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Residents of San Juan, Puerto Rico, deal with damages to their homes on September 20, 2017, as Hurricane Maria batters the island. Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Wednesday, cutting power as terrified residents hunkered down in the face of the island's worst storm in living memory. After leaving a deadly trail of destruction on a string of smaller Caribbean islands, Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico's southeast coast around daybreak. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

Residents of San Juan, Puerto Rico, deal with damages to their homes on September 20, 2017, as Hurricane Maria batters the island. Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Wednesday, cutting power as terrified residents hunkered down in the face of the island's worst storm in living memory. After leaving a deadly trail of destruction on a string of smaller Caribbean islands, Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico's southeast coast around daybreak. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

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People look for goods during a blackout in a supermarket ahead of Hurricane Maria in San Juan. Even before the storm, Puerto Rico’s electrical grid was crumbling and the island was in dire condition financially. Many feared extended power outages would further sink businesses struggling amid a recession that has lasted more than a decade. ‘Months and months and months and months are going to pass before we can recover from this,’ Felix Delgado, mayor of the northern coastal city of Catano said. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

People look for goods during a blackout in a supermarket ahead of Hurricane Maria in San Juan. Even before the storm, Puerto Rico’s electrical grid was crumbling and the island was in dire condition financially. Many feared extended power outages would further sink businesses struggling amid a recession that has lasted more than a decade. ‘Months and months and months and months are going to pass before we can recover from this,’ Felix Delgado, mayor of the northern coastal city of Catano said. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

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Rescue workers help people after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. The streets of Puerto Rico’s historic Old Town in the capital, San Juan, were strewn with broken balconies, air conditioning units, shattered lamp posts, fallen power lines and dead birds. Few trees escaped unscathed. Thick branches were torn down from most and others were simply uprooted. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

Rescue workers help people after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. The streets of Puerto Rico’s historic Old Town in the capital, San Juan, were strewn with broken balconies, air conditioning units, shattered lamp posts, fallen power lines and dead birds. Few trees escaped unscathed. Thick branches were torn down from most and others were simply uprooted. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

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People take shelter at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, as Hurricane Maria passes. Governor Rossello imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily until Saturday to allow rescue crews and officials to respond to the hurricane’s aftermath. More than 11,000 people — and more than 580 pets — were in shelters, authorities said. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

People take shelter at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, as Hurricane Maria passes. Governor Rossello imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily until Saturday to allow rescue crews and officials to respond to the hurricane’s aftermath. More than 11,000 people — and more than 580 pets — were in shelters, authorities said. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

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As people waited in shelters or took cover inside stairwells, bathrooms and closets, Maria brought down cell towers and power lines, snapped trees, tore off roofs and unloaded at least 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain. ‘Once we’re able to go outside, we’re going to find our island destroyed,’ warned Abner Gomez, Puerto Rico’s emergency management director. ‘The information we have received is not encouraging. It’s a system that has destroyed everything in its path.’ (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:11 AM

As people waited in shelters or took cover inside stairwells, bathrooms and closets, Maria brought down cell towers and power lines, snapped trees, tore off roofs and unloaded at least 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain. ‘Once we’re able to go outside, we’re going to find our island destroyed,’ warned Abner Gomez, Puerto Rico’s emergency management director. ‘The information we have received is not encouraging. It’s a system that has destroyed everything in its path.’ (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

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