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At the time of landfall, Tom Terry, chief meteorologist at WFTV/WRDQ, tweeted: "May have lost communication with radar as Maria makes landfall. Incredible storm".   Now moving away

from Puerto Rico, the hurricane has been downgraded to a Category two hurricane but is still packing winds of up to 110mph. The NHC said: “At 11pm EDT/AST (3am UTC), the large eye of

Hurricane Maria was located near latitude 19.2 North, longitude 67.9 West.  Maria is moving toward the northwest near 9mph (15 kmph), and this general motion with a decrease in forward speed

is expected through Thursday night.   “A turn toward the north-northwest is forecast on Friday. On the forecast track, the core of Hurricane Maria will continue to move away from Puerto

Rico during the next several hours, and then pass offshore of the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic early Thursday.   “Maria should then move near the Turks and Caicos Islands and

the southeastern Bahamas Thursday night and Friday.” Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean warned Hurricane Maria must be “watched”, as she displayed separate models showing interaction with

the US mainland.  Dean said: “The images coming out of San Juan, Puerto Rico are so destructive, and, of course, we saw landfall across the US Virgin Islands as a Category 5. “To see a

Category 4 make landfall across the US three times in one season is unprecedented – we are on track for a historic season. “The East Coast is also going to have to monitor this as the

computer models are spread out, especially as we go further out to next week. That’s a little too close for comfort.”