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Hurricane Maria Lashes Puerto Rico

Scientists are assessing the damage after the category 4 storm hammered the island with powerful winds, storm surge, and extreme rainfall.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Hurricane Maria Lashes Puerto Rico.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the NASA-NOAA GOES project and LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 21, 2017
Data acquired September 20, 2017