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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Maria (2017)
16 September 2017 · North Atlantic · Category 5
Hurricane Maria formed in the North Atlantic basin on 16 September 2017 and lasted 16 days. Its sustained winds reached 278 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 908 hPa. It made landfall in Puerto Rico. It killed at least 4,645 people.
- Formed
- 16 September 2017
- Dissipated
- 2 October 2017
- Duration
- 16 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 278 km/h (150 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 908 hPa
- Deaths
- 4,645
- Estimated Damage
- 91.6 billion US dollars
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Puerto Rico250 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Hurricane Irma287 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Jose250 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Harvey213 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Lee185 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Ophelia185 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Nate148 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Franklin139 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Bret83 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth