Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria in September 2017 devastated the entirety of Puerto Rico and caused a major humanitarian crisis. Maria was the strongest storm to impact the island in nearly 90 years. It made landfall on September 20 at high-end Category 4 status, bringing a large storm surge, very heavy rains, and wind gusts well above 100 mph (160 km/h), flattening neighborhoods and crippling the island's power grid. An estimated 2,982 fatalities and US$90 billion in damage occurred as a result of the hurricane.