Hurricane Maria heads for Turks and Caicos with 32 already dead
San Juan — Hurricane Maria barreled towards the Turks and Caicos on Friday after lashing Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with winds and rain that destroyed homes, flooded streets, devastated economies, and left at least 32 people dead. Maria is the second major hurricane to hit the Caribbean this month and the strongest storm to hit the US territory of Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years. It knocked out the island’s power and several rivers hit record flood levels. At least 15 people were killed in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día newspaper reported. Fourteen deaths were reported on the island nation of Dominica, which has a population of about 71,000. Two others were killed in the French territory of Guadeloupe and one on the US Virgin Islands. The death toll in the Caribbean is likely to rise when searches resume at daybreak. Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew until Saturday for the island’s 3.4-million people. "If it is not an emergency situation, peo...
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