Puerto Rican residents in the southeastern city of Guayama are trying to ride out the impact of the category 5 Hurricane Maria, the second maximum-strength storm to hit the Caribbean this month.
The storm has already killed at least one person in Guadeloupe and bore down menacingly on the Virgin Islands with its outer bands lashing Puerto Rico after devastating the tiny island nation of Dominica.
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló called for prayers and said his administration had set up more than 500 shelters to help residents survive the storm.
