Rodanthe Pier operator Clyde Thomspson checks for pier damage as wind and waves related to Hurricane Maria start to impact the Outer Banks of North Carolina Tuesday morning, September 26,2017.
Hurricane Maria is expected to track 100 to 150 miles offshore of the North Carolina coast Tuesday and Wednesday. Tropical storm force winds of 45 mph and gusts up to 60 mph are expected along the coast beginning Tuesday afternoon and lasting through Wednesday night.
FEMA spokesperson, John Mills, encourages those affected by Hurricane Irma to visit the newly operating Disaster Recover Center at the Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus on Monday, Sept. 25,2017.
Miami Herald reporter Patricia Mazzei and photojournalist Carl Juste boarded one of the earliest flights out of San Juan flying back to Miami on Sunday, Sept. 24,2017. Mazzei recaps her reporting since Hurricane Maria devastated the U. S. territory.
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo toured parts of Puerto Rico on Sept. 22,2017, with local governor Ricardo Rosselló, who said he had formally requested assistance from the state of New York.
The Ingram family takes shelter at a Red Cross shelter at Marathon High School after their live-a-board boat sank a couple days after the storm moved through the Middle Keys. They are now homeless.
Dee Throne and her husband set up camp outside their Big Pine Key home that was damaged by Hurricane Irma. Their camping skills allow them to stay close to their home as they consider repairing the house.
Wind and rain pummeled the Dominican Republic on Sept. 21,2017 as Hurricane Maria passed over the island’s north coast, leaving more than 100,000 residents on the island country without power. The downgraded Category 3 storm was moving toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on September 22.
Puerto Rico’s largest baseball stadium sustained damage after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico early on September 20. Video shows damage to Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The stadium is the largest in Puerto Rico and was named after Hiram Bithorn, the first baseball player from Puerto Rico to make it into the major leagues, according to puertorico.com, playing as a pitcher for both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago’s White Sox.
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, and a British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Mounts Bay rescue helicopter crew coordinate the rescue of an adult female and two children from the vessel Ferrel near Vieques, Puerto Rico, Sept. 21,2017. Coast Guard watchstanders received an alert via emergency position indicating radio beacon and then a distress call on Sept. 20 from the Ferrel stating they were disabled and adrift in 20-foot seas and 100-knot winds.
Amateur video obtained by the Associated Press is showing devastation left by Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A woman trapped on the second floor balcony of a house is heard saying the water is about to reach her.
A field team from USGS is racing time to document the storm surge from Irma that slammed the Keys. They are tracking high water marks from Key West to Key Largo, trying to get an accurate read of the surge since sensors often fail during a storm’s peak or miss places.
Residents of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico are left to their own devices as they begin to clean and remove debris and transport those affected by Hurricane Maria to the hospital on September 21,2017.
Hurricane Maria, a dangerous category 3 storm, nears the Turks and Caicos Islands on Sept. 21,2017.
Miami Heat President Pat Riley talks about the relief efforts the organization made for victims of Hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Maria was passing off the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic on Thursday, September 21, with 115mph winds that were expected to strengthen over the next couple of days. Maria is expected to be near or over the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday morning.
Hurricane Maria destroyed the bridge connecting the highway to the isolated rural neighborhood of Palma Sola in Canóvanas in Puerto Rico.
