Hurricane Maria: Whole of Puerto Rico without power
Sea tempest Maria has thumped out energy to the whole island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5m individuals, crisis authorities have said.
Abner Gómez, leader of the debacle administration office, said the tropical storm had harmed "everything in its way".
None of the clients of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority had any power, he said.
Maria debilitated to a classification three tempest with winds of 115 mph (185km/h) as it moved over the island.
"When we can go outside, we will discover our island obliterated," Mr Gómez was cited as saying by the El Nuevo Dia daily paper.
"It's a framework that has devastated everything in its way."
The US region's senator, Ricardo Rossello, issued a check in time for 18:00 nearby time (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday evening through early Saturday morning.
Save specialists help individuals after the territory was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto RicoImage copyrightREUTERS
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Safeguard laborers help individuals in Guayama, Puerto Rico
Prior, Mr Rossello requested that President Donald Trump proclaim the island a hazardous situation after the tempest released overwhelming flooding and perilous breezes.
He said significant harm was unavoidable, albeit 500 safe houses had been built up to ensure individuals.
The staggering tempest has officially left seven individuals dead on the island of Dominica, which was seriously influenced on Monday.
Flying film indicates straightened houses and the loss of life on Dominica is probably going to ascend, with subtle elements staying insufficient as correspondence joins are down.
Media captionFirst aeronautical film from Dominica
Pictures shared via web-based networking media demonstrate rooftops being stripped away as winds as solid as 140 mph (225 km/h) whipped trees and electrical cables in Puerto Rico's capital city, San Juan.
The US domain is confronting $73bn (£53bn) out in the open obligation and the harm left by Maria could intensify its money related emergency. Proclaiming a fiasco would mean the island could get more government help with its recuperation.
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"God is with us; we are more grounded than any tropical storm," Mr Rossello said. "Together we will rise once more."
Maria made landfall in Yabucoa in the east of Puerto Rico at an early stage Wednesday as a classification four tempest, as indicated by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). It was the main class four sea tempest to straightforwardly hit the island since 1932.
Hours sooner, Maria surged through the US Virgin Islands' St Croix as a classification five tempest, supporting breezes of up to 175mph (281km/h).
There was flooding in the French domain of Guadeloupe, where one individual was murdered by a falling tree and another passed on the seafront. No less than two others were lost after their ship sank close Desirade, the easternmost island in the archipelago.
Media captionHurricane Maria conveyed high breezes to Guadeloupe
Examination: Wind-lashed island appeals to God for wellbeing
By Will Grant in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Individuals crosswise over Puerto Rico are quite recently endeavoring to ride out this tempest as well as can be expected at this point. From where we're dug in, in San Juan, the intense breezes are making an extraordinary clamor, rattling tempest screens and entryways practically off their pivots.
The power is out in our inn and it is excessively dim and excessively hazardous, making it impossible, making it impossible to endeavor to perceive what is going on outside. Like a huge number of others, we have minimal decision at show but to stay put and sit tight in the haziness for the enormous tropical storm to pass.
The trouble is, it is moving gradually - giving Maria more opportunity to release its energy on the island and its foundation. A few projections have demonstrated the tempest covering the whole island in the coming hours, hitting Puerto Rico with maintained storm drive winds and a lot of precipitation.
Sea tempest Maria is currently the most grounded tempest to make landfall on the island in right around a century. Most are simply asking that when they can in the long run rise up out of their places of safe house, they and their friends and family are protected and that the harm hasn't been excessively broad.
It is safe to say that you are in a region influenced by Hurricane Maria? Offer your experience: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
Maria is the second pulverizing tempest to hit the Caribbean this typhoon season - the first being classification five Irma prior in September. Maria started moving generally along an indistinguishable track from Irma.
Authorities in Puerto Rico dreaded the flotsam and jetsam left by Irma could demonstrate to a great degree hazardous in the high breezes.
Abner Gómez, leader of the debacle administration office, said the tropical storm had harmed "everything in its way".
None of the clients of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority had any power, he said.
Maria debilitated to a classification three tempest with winds of 115 mph (185km/h) as it moved over the island.
"When we can go outside, we will discover our island obliterated," Mr Gómez was cited as saying by the El Nuevo Dia daily paper.
"It's a framework that has devastated everything in its way."
The US region's senator, Ricardo Rossello, issued a check in time for 18:00 nearby time (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday evening through early Saturday morning.
Save specialists help individuals after the territory was hit by Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto RicoImage copyrightREUTERS
Picture subtitle
Safeguard laborers help individuals in Guayama, Puerto Rico
Prior, Mr Rossello requested that President Donald Trump proclaim the island a hazardous situation after the tempest released overwhelming flooding and perilous breezes.
He said significant harm was unavoidable, albeit 500 safe houses had been built up to ensure individuals.
The staggering tempest has officially left seven individuals dead on the island of Dominica, which was seriously influenced on Monday.
Flying film indicates straightened houses and the loss of life on Dominica is probably going to ascend, with subtle elements staying insufficient as correspondence joins are down.
Media captionFirst aeronautical film from Dominica
Pictures shared via web-based networking media demonstrate rooftops being stripped away as winds as solid as 140 mph (225 km/h) whipped trees and electrical cables in Puerto Rico's capital city, San Juan.
The US domain is confronting $73bn (£53bn) out in the open obligation and the harm left by Maria could intensify its money related emergency. Proclaiming a fiasco would mean the island could get more government help with its recuperation.
PM's Facebook posts detail storm dramatization
Tropical storm Maria: What to do some time recently, amid a great many
"God is with us; we are more grounded than any tropical storm," Mr Rossello said. "Together we will rise once more."
Maria made landfall in Yabucoa in the east of Puerto Rico at an early stage Wednesday as a classification four tempest, as indicated by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). It was the main class four sea tempest to straightforwardly hit the island since 1932.
Hours sooner, Maria surged through the US Virgin Islands' St Croix as a classification five tempest, supporting breezes of up to 175mph (281km/h).
There was flooding in the French domain of Guadeloupe, where one individual was murdered by a falling tree and another passed on the seafront. No less than two others were lost after their ship sank close Desirade, the easternmost island in the archipelago.
Media captionHurricane Maria conveyed high breezes to Guadeloupe
Examination: Wind-lashed island appeals to God for wellbeing
By Will Grant in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Individuals crosswise over Puerto Rico are quite recently endeavoring to ride out this tempest as well as can be expected at this point. From where we're dug in, in San Juan, the intense breezes are making an extraordinary clamor, rattling tempest screens and entryways practically off their pivots.
The power is out in our inn and it is excessively dim and excessively hazardous, making it impossible, making it impossible to endeavor to perceive what is going on outside. Like a huge number of others, we have minimal decision at show but to stay put and sit tight in the haziness for the enormous tropical storm to pass.
The trouble is, it is moving gradually - giving Maria more opportunity to release its energy on the island and its foundation. A few projections have demonstrated the tempest covering the whole island in the coming hours, hitting Puerto Rico with maintained storm drive winds and a lot of precipitation.
Sea tempest Maria is currently the most grounded tempest to make landfall on the island in right around a century. Most are simply asking that when they can in the long run rise up out of their places of safe house, they and their friends and family are protected and that the harm hasn't been excessively broad.
It is safe to say that you are in a region influenced by Hurricane Maria? Offer your experience: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
Maria is the second pulverizing tempest to hit the Caribbean this typhoon season - the first being classification five Irma prior in September. Maria started moving generally along an indistinguishable track from Irma.
Authorities in Puerto Rico dreaded the flotsam and jetsam left by Irma could demonstrate to a great degree hazardous in the high breezes.
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