<P> Hurricane Maria was regarded as the worst natural disaster on record in Dominica and Puerto Rico , and caused catastrophic damage and triggered a major humanitarian crisis in the latter . The tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record and the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide thus far in 2017 , Maria was the thirteenth named storm , eighth consecutive hurricane , fourth major hurricane , second Category 5 hurricane , and the deadliest storm of the hyperactive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season . At its peak , the hurricane caused catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the northeastern Caribbean , compounding recovery efforts in the areas of the Leeward Islands already struck by Hurricane Irma just two weeks prior . Maria was the third consecutive major hurricane to threaten the Leeward Islands in two weeks , after Irma made landfall in several of the islands two weeks prior and Hurricane Jose passed dangerously close , bringing tropical storm force winds to Barbuda . </P>
<P> Hurricane Maria was regarded as the worst natural disaster on record in Dominica and Puerto Rico , and caused catastrophic damage and triggered a major humanitarian crisis in the latter . The tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record and the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide thus far in 2017 , Maria was the thirteenth named storm , eighth consecutive hurricane , fourth major hurricane , second Category 5 hurricane , and the deadliest storm of the hyperactive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season . At its peak , the hurricane caused catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the northeastern Caribbean , compounding recovery efforts in the areas of the Leeward Islands already struck by Hurricane Irma just two weeks prior . Maria was the third consecutive major hurricane to threaten the Leeward Islands in two weeks , after Irma made landfall in several of the islands two weeks prior and Hurricane Jose passed dangerously close , bringing tropical storm force winds to Barbuda . </P>
what was the name of the hurricane that hit puerto rico in 2017
what was the name of the hurricane that hit puerto rico in 2017
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria