Hurricane Maria lands in Puerto Rico
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Hurricane Maria, the second huge storm of the season in the Caribbean, has landed in Puerto Rico with winds of 150 mph.
It had been a category five hurricane, the strongest a hurricane can be, but was downgraded to category four as it reached the island.
Lots of people are taking shelter in this sports arena in the city of San Juan in Puerto Rico.
The governor of Puerto Rico, which is a US territory, has told the island's 3.5 million people to seek shelter. Hundreds of shelters have been set up to help people.
Ahead of the hurricane, people boarded up windows and doors of their homes to try to protect them from the hurricane.
On Monday, Hurricane Maria battered the island of Dominica. The storm is moving roughly along the same track as Irma, this season's other huge hurricane.
Irma killed at least 37 people and caused billions of dollars worth of damage.
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