Hurricane Maria in Dominica (2017-09-22)

<br> Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-22 20:23:00<br> Event time (UTC): 2017-09-19 01:15:00<br> Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)<br> <br> Activation reason: <br> The Caribbean island of Dominica has been devastated by Hurricane Maria that ripped through Dominica as a category four storm late on Monday, damaging hundreds of homes. Maria has already obliterated parts of Dominica that was almost completely devastated. At least 15 people are dead and 20 others are missing after Hurricane pass. Homes have been flattened, schools have been destroyed, telecommunications have been cut off and the island's main hospital is still without electricity Thousands of trees had been snapped and were strewn across the landscape, leaving the island stripped of vegetation. <br> <br> Reference products: 0<br> Delineation products: 0<br> Grading products: 8<br> <br> Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.<br>