国际英语新闻:Maria intensifies into "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane
2017-09-19来源:Xinhuanet
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Maria has intensified into a Category 5 hurricane on Monday as its eye is approaching Dominica in the eastern Caribbean, the U.S. Hurricane Center said in a statement on Monday evening.
The center of Maria was about 25 km east-southeast of Dominica and 70 km of Martinique in eastern Caribbean Sea.
The storm was moving west-northwest at a speed of 15 km per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 260 km per hour and stronger gusts, according to the agency.
Maria is now a Category 5 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.
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