The storm spared much of the main island of Puerto Rico but struck the territory’s islands of Culebra and Vieques, off the eastern coast, more forcefully
Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands were lashed with heavy rains and high winds Wednesday, as Hurricane Dorian tested the region two years after Maria wreaked historic devastation.
The Category 1 storm packed maximum sustained winds of 80 miles an hour with even higher gusts Wednesday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.August and September mark peak hurricane season in the Atlantic basin. Here's why the conditions in these months make them more likely to form there. Photos: NASA/NOAA
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