Hurricane Maria is moving on the Dominican Republic and Haiti, as all of the power is out on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
The National Weather Service considers the massive storm now a category 2, with sustained winds of 110 miles per hour / 175 kilometers per hour, but warns, the storm could strengthen again as it heads up the American east coast.
With catastrophic flash flooding occurding over portions of Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, touring damage in Florida from Hurricane Irma, promised the U.S. government is funding relief, rescue and recovery operations.
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