Having left more than 30 dead in the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria’s destructive impact is not over yet.<br /><br />After ravaging the US island territory of Puerto Rico, tens of thousands of people there are now at risk from flash flooding from a failing dam on the rain-swollen Guajataca River in the northwest.<br /><br />“This is an extremely dangerous situation,” the National Weather Service’s San Juan office warned, saying buses were evacuating locals from the area.<br /><br />This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. Busses are currently evacuating people from the area as quickly as they can #prwx— NWS San Juan (@NWSSanJuan) 22 septembre 2017<br /><br />Roughly 70,000 people live in the area downstream from the dam that was under evacuation.<br /><br />Described as the strongest hurricane to strike Puerto Rico in living memory, Maria hit the island as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, triggering widespread flooding, ripping roofs from buildings and tearing down trees.<br /><br />It also knocked out power to the island and it could be several months before electricity is restored to all of the more than 3 million inhabitants.<br /><br />Dam failure and escalating crisis stymie recovery in Puerto Rico https://t.co/Wiog3Ryu7M via nbclatino pic.twitter.com/hKXjMHhE8M— NBC News (NBCNews) 23 septembre 2017<br /><br /> <br /><br />Now a Category 3, Maria, the second major hurricane to wreak havoc in the Caribbean this month, is expected to gradually weaken during the coming days.<br /><br />More than two months remain in the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, although the busiest period is generally from mid-August to mid-October.<br /><br />with Reuters<br />
