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Hurricane Maria left a trail of destruction as it hit the Caribbean island of Dominica as a Category 5 storm and then battered Guadeloupe with powerful winds early Tuesday. 

Forecasters warned that the storm could leave some parts of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands uninhabitable for months.

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“So far we have lost all what money can buy and replace."

Roosevelt Skerrit, the prime minister of Dominica, wrote on Facebook that his roof was gone, that his home was flooded and that he was "at the complete mercy of the hurricane" after Maria made landfall Monday night. A few minutes later, the politician reported that he had been rescued.

"My focus now is in rescuing the trapped and securing medical assistance for the injured," Skerrit added. "We will need help, my friend, we will need help of all kinds."

NBC News meteorologist Bill Karins highlighted that Maria was one of the fastest intensifying hurricanes ever recorded. It blew up from a tropical storm into a major Category 5 hurricane in barely more than a day.

"Dominica had very little time to prepare for this monster," Karins said. "I fear what we will see during the daylight hours from Dominica and Guadeloupe. They had little time to prepare for the strongest storm of their lifetimes."

A U.S.-based spokeswoman for the Rosalie Bay Resort, which is located on the east coast of Dominica, told NBC News they had lost contact with staff late Monday. The last message from a manager arrived about 45 minutes after Maria made landfall and stated the situation was "really bad and very scary."

Karins said it's only the second time in recorded history that two Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall in a hurricane season. The last year in which two Category 5 hurricanes hit land in the Atlantic basin was 2007, when Dean and Felix killed 174 people in Mexico and Central America. They were so destructive that both of their names were retired.

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CI gets more hits with flat-earthers' posts complaining about satellite photos, when they deny the existence of satellites.
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BTW every time you use the Internet you're making use of satellite technology for your information processing.
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Many thanks.
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You do not believe satellites exist; You can't post a photo of a group of satellites in space. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

It is sad when meteorologists use names of our holy saints and/or God for storms.

The Holy Virgin Mary always comes to the aid of those who seek her in prayer.
Jesse and Jesus are names for our Savior.

Sci America said that soon there should be a Category 6. That should give some indication that these storms are not of God, but are engineered.
Something sinister cometh our way.

I agree that storms shouldn't be named after our holy saints.  But then so many saints had names that are common today. It really bothers me that this new hurricane has the name of 'Maria.'

I wouldn't mind if it were named Hilary instead. But then there's probably a St. Hilary somewhere in Church history.

I do think that God sends chastisements in the form of what appears to be a natural disaster. But you're right. It could be engineered. It's just that mankind has become some very sinful, and not living according to God's laws. That's why I think that these disasters could be a chastisement.