iCyclone's Hurricane Maria Chase: Intense footage from the violent inner core of Category-4 Maria at ground zero: in Palmas Del Mar, near its landfall point in SE Puerto Rico.
This video makes me feel terrible for the people of PR that are poor man. If this is the ''wealthy'' zone,i can't imagine how poor people suffered this.
To me it sounded like other-worldly moaning, like the spirits taking by the hurricane trying to break free, everytime I hear wind anywhere near close to sounding like that I get chills
I was born and raised in Humacao, and witnessed Hurricane Maria’s wrath when I was only 17. I think of those days every single day. Words cannot explain.
Its crazy to think that those palm trees literrally evolved so that they can bend to withstand the Power of a hurricanes. Nature is really incredible, its just a shame that it kills innocent poeple
It,s an adaptation of nature for tropical zones.Their trunks are strong but very flexible.They do not have lateral branches and the "leaves" are bunched up,at the top which when broken by strong winds ,ne w ones will sprout from the top.
This was one of the worst experiences of my life. From Tuesday night until Thursday morning. Hiding in our home, with no communication. The walls literally were shaking.
The wids where blowing side way to the glass and the balcony protect them and the guy too. Those wids where to strong would of broke that glass the first minute. The guy said in the video there was a lot of windows broken and stuff fortunately for him his building was in the right position
I was living in the mountainous area when this hit. It was absolutely brutal driving to the nearest city and pretty much 2 out of 3 buildings were damaged or outright missing. I would have a pit in my stomach wondering whose house survived, whose business made it, and who lost everything they had. Thank you for the high quality footage, I get the feeling it's going to be very useful for teaching others what happened to us Puertoricans, and how we persevered through it all.
I am from Albania I moved to PR and I experienced for the first time in my life a hurricane/natural disaster since in Albania nothing happens and I'll tell you that this was something incredible it seemed like a monster screaming and destroying everything outside and we were just praying there for it to end, they were the longest hours in my life. For the people who makes jokes of it or doesn't believe it is that strong you cannot talk about it while seeing it in a video, u have to experienced it then we'll talk.
@@spartan7911 yes man last year was pretty bad but what I mean is that it is not every year that threatens, the earthquake that big had happened like 50 60 years or more ago, here in PR every year hurricanes pass by
I had to stop the video and catch my breath as the winds started becoming really violent. I felt like I was actually there with those people. I could feel their fear and apprehension as the winds intensified to the point to where they had to stay away from the door. I really got a sense of how serious the situation was when he started giving them pillows to place over their heads. Of all the hurricane video I have ever watched, this one was by far the most intense hurricane video. The guy who did the video-taping did an excellent job of not only video-taping and helping the family, but he kept a cool head thru-out it all. Great job
Trust me, it was even more overwhelming in real life. I spent Hurricane Maria in this area up in the hills and the pressure was so overwhelming it felt as if my ears were going to pop, 8 people under our stair's bunker holding the door for 8 hours straight so the wind wouldn't blow it or suck it out because our doors and windows exploded while water was coming down the stairs. Can't imagine what it was like for those who lost everything and had to deal with flood and storm surge.
I’m Puerto Rican and Puerto Rican meteorologists said it was the worst storm in here, I remember my dad not knowing if I was alive or not, the minimum length of not having power was 3 months, there are people who didn’t have power for a whole year
Same but it was in feb 2020 and outside the airport it was so bad amd messed up, buildings were still damaged and alot of companies still closed today i miss my old home and places.
Veo el vdo y sinceramente se me salen las lagrimas. Q desespero ese día esa mañana, Luego como quedo Puerto Rico devastado, Hasta el Yunke se fue, El ultimo trolley Ocean Park todo bajo el agua. Meses sin Luz y lo pero de todo fue como el Gobierno se reía de las personas, de los ciudadanos que se quedaron en la calle. Como se robaron el dinero de las ayudas, como después de años se encontraron Almacenes con ayudas de todas partes del mundo, todo enserado. Fue super fuerte, Nunca pensé Yo vivir una experiencia así. Recuerdo desde que entro el Huracán hasta que salio. Fueron momentos super desesperantes 😢.
the last time we had a cat 4 hit florida i wa son my back porch being pushed around by the wind, it was like ice skating lol the concrete was so slippery
I remember being awoken by fallen branches smashing against my windows and water pouring inside of my room. As the teenager I am I was almost ecstatic that I was living through such a historical moment but as the hours went by and the hurricane kept destroying everything around us, I only got more and more scared. It was horrifying seeing 60+ ft tall trees being snatched completely from the ground and thrown around like it was a mere branch. We lost communication with all of my family members for almost a whole week, I could only pray that they were doing fine. Hurricane maria was an extremely traumatic experience for us and the aftermath of it was even worse and completely ruined the sanity of the people in my country.
Fabián A. Faget Amaral everything normalized I’ve lived in PR my whole life and yeah aftermath was tough but after a couple months PR was just fine except for people with blue tarp roofs but the govermemt hasn’t done anything about that sooo yeah...
@Fabián A. Faget Amaral Yeah it took me a year to get my electricity back and restore the broken damaged things but after 2 years everything has gone to normal, in my case. But many of those who got all of their belongings destroyed just moved to orlando to start over again, I have many friends and family who did the same.
I was a volunteer in the helping of aiding people on this island after losing everything. I met so many beautiful human beings and learned so much about the culture. My heart is still heavy to this day for lives lost and lives effected by this monster storm.
this is so scary to watch! i'm from the UK where we experience nothing at all like this, not even close. and it is so scary to even think of being in this situation!!
@@Anonymous-kq8oh Haiyan's winds were 195 MPH not 220. Haiyan was the strongest storm to make landfall but not in peak intensity. Hurricane Patricia was the strongest storm at peak intensity.
I'm from Las Piedras, located in the east side of Puerto Rico, and this hurricane was a MONSTER!!!! It's like an atomic bomb was dropped on the island. All the mountains are dried, there are no leaves just dried trunks. My beautiful island was hit hard. 😢
The 4000 number is being investigated , it can be as low as 700 ish up to 8000ish over a couple of months during and after Maria. What this means is that a death from Maria can be something like someone died because they got a heart attack because of lack of medicine and the lack of medicine being because Maria destroyed any pharmacy near that person and the person couldnt reach any open pharmacy that had it in stock. At first it was recorded as a regular heart attack but now its being investigated that it was because of the hurricane and slow recovery. See that first figure Trump was congratulating the local governor for ? it hurt people because it determined how much help the island got and since it was low at the time the outside help slow or stopped coming ( meaning from the federal goverment). Another example would be people that were burried without a funeral or anything else or people that depended on electricity to keep them alive like oxygen machines , dialisis , I don't know if suicides also factor into the study but there were a lot of people that commited suicide because of the conditions and slow recovery. Months without electricity , very little food , very little water , no job , money running out since atm and banks were close for a long time because of the grid being down , no communication since towers were damaged and down too,I usually don't like to complain but even I was starting to get really mad or depressed and almost packed and moved to somewhere else, etc.
Crazyknight Wow, I wasn’t aware of all that. I’m so sorry to hear. Many of us were so frustrated with the lack of help you were getting. We donate and some people I know went down to help, but the government did not respond well at all.
Ceret M. Rosado ..... I lived in Puerto Rico for a few years and I understand when you say my beautiful island, I’ve always felt that that’s where I belonged. I desperately miss those beautiful sunrises and sunsets, the palm trees and the sound of the coqui’s at night. I miss the beaches and ocean breeze. Even though I’m not a native Puerto Rican I still consider it my beautiful island too.....God bless you.... I remember
I experienced cyclone Gabrielle when it hit NZ ealier this year. It was extra-tropical by the time it hit but stil had the power of Cat 1 -2 . with wind gusts up to 185 km hr. It slowed down and sat over the country taking 2 and half days to pass taking 11 lives. I can't imagine how frightening Maria would have been after going through what we did . You have captured some incredible footage here highlighting the sheer power of tropical hurricanes / cyclones.
This popped up on my recommended and brought a lot of memories, I’m from Puerto Rico and this hurricane really was so horrible for so many people, I remember not sleeping because of how anxious I was, thankfully my house didn’t suffer any damages aside from some water that came inside, but some of my neighbors houses did not last through out the hurricane, some people from my neighborhood lost their roofs and many, many houses made of just wood were completely destroyed, I remember walking outside the next morning after the hurricane passed and seeing all of the destruction. It’s been two, almost three years and there’s still so many people who don’t have power or water, and people who still don’t have a place to go to.
ABSOLUTELY some of the BEST eyewall footage ever shot!!! Just totally incredible!!! What a phenomenal documentation of such a historic and tragic event. You're my hero! :)
If you had seen this in person like him, me and my family, you wouldn't dare to say this was fake. Simply the scariest and longest day of our lives. Our island was destroyed from coast to coast.
If this doesn't convince people of the strength of a CAT 4 Hurricane, nothing will. Thank God you and those folks survived. Bless you for bringing this to us....most incredible.
This is one of the best footage I've ever seen of an active hurricane. Thank you for not putting your head in the way of the camera and trying to talk loud over the wind, and also not filming just at night. Great footage!
Thank you for posting, still remember how those winds looked outside my sliding door and I thought they were going to explode but glad they never did! The hurricane was masive and destroyed my beautiful island. Puerto Rico deserves help.
Kevin Lu WX ....I’m sure if you were there it would of felt massive. Knowing that you’re on an island that’s only about 50 miles wide and 100 miles long with the Atlantic Ocean surrounding you and nowhere to run.....yea I imagine it felt massive
Phil Young They aré built to withstand horrific winds according to the building code. Proof and tested before the contractors are allowed to installed them in houses in the mainland and territories. The frames of those doors are imbedded into the cement wall and are reinforced with bolts. New construction in Puerto Rico are being built to withstand massive hurricanes and horrific winds.
Elva Rivera Eh, yeah good explanation but ours along with many didn't withstand Maria's wind gusts after the eye. Lol. My uncle had two of those sliding doors in his house and both exploded. My cousin too even had with panels to protect them and Maria took the protection off along with the doors exploding and looks like those people in the video that took refuge in his place also had their sliding door explode.
I remember this hurricane, this was one of the most scariest events of my whole entire life, including hurricane Irma that it also hit the north of the island.
Irma was nothing. It only affected like 15% of the people from the island (north-east). I live in the north-west of PR, and Irma didn't even bring winds, it was just a little rain and that was all. The power only went out for 24 hours.
I’m from Humacao and I remember that after 7:00 am when eye wall winds picked up it was literal HELL. My parents and I were holding the doors with a rope because they wanted to rip off. Truly traumatic.
I’m actually very surprised on how long the power stood on for. When we got hit the past couple years in Florida, it didn’t last long until the power was completely knocked out.
Who's watching this during hurricane dorian Everyone please pray for the Bahamas they need all the donations they can more than 70k people homeless in the Bahamas because of dorian
I was there in the island visiting my parents. 3 weeks later I was able to catch a plane and return to Texas where I live. I suffered PTSD for months....
Thank you so much for this video. My sister lives in Isabela,. And now i see with this video what she was talking about. The strong winds and how it left no leaves on trees. she said you could see roads and houses and mountains you could not see before the storm due to the tree sbefore they were wyped out. She spent the whole night trying to keep the house from flooding. she said the winds sounded so demonic. .Everything devastated no friuts on trees. But thank God they made it and Puerto Rico will rise again.
The buildings in this video seemed to have held up exceptionally well considering what a monster this hurricane was. Looked like your power stayed on for the duration as well. Those huge full building generators are wonderful!
WOW! I think for the first time I now realize just how powerful and freaking scary a hurricane is. We usually see the aftermath, but not the details of what people go through when it's actually happening. I know this was terrifying to go through, and thank you for having the presence of mind to record this event so the rest of us can understand this phenomena of nature. You can see the fear in everyone's eyes, and the uncertainty of what the next minute will bring. This is a phenomenal piece of work that you did.
Amazing footage. I lost my home in this hurricane but been incredibly blessed and we have been able to reconstruct. I am not a person easy to scare but this was something else. My mom cried when she saw the zinc of the house scatered everywhere. It was a disaster of incredible proportions. Thank you for this incredible footage.
Wow! I can see how you had trouble with the audio, because it sounded like your mics were filling with water, or something was covering them. Either way, just the sound of those winds rattling the door frame and roof over the bathroom is scary enough. I was amazed at how calm that family was with you, and I'm sure you helped keep them that way, too. Great job! I know I'd want to be calm like this, but hopefully I never have to experience something like this. If I do, I hope I'm with someone like you. You always do a good job of covering hurricanes or cyclones, and you are to be commended for helping so many people through these horrific storms! God bless you!
Wow, thank you for posting this. This breaks my heart as I am Puerto Rican born there and worked at Palmas from 87-90. Hope you and everyone a speedy recovery. God Bless!
Josh - you have once again proven to be the best in the business at chasing hurricanes. Concise, detailed footage of what it was like to be in the eyewall, along with a perfect mix of commentary and pure video. Phenomenal job!
Yep! Same for me. It makes me very sad, cause I'm a huge animal lover. At least 99.9% of us humans survive this, but not the same for those animals in the wild. I always think of the stray dogs, cause we have many in PR.
Sometimes I watch these videos for pure torture. I’ve been through many storms, but the back to back of Irma and then Maria truly affected me and I know the same can be said for others. It sure as hell makes you stronger, I will say that!
Whaaaat??, I went through Hurricane Hugo. And that Hurricane was by far the strongest, I will never forget. I was living in the Island of Vieques at that time. I also went through Hurricane Hortense too.
Most intense eyewall footage PERIOD...I know that this is thrown around a lot but this is hands down the BEST footage ever taken of any landfalling tropical cyclone. Blows any Hurricane Charley footage out of the water...even Haiyan. This deserves recognition!
@@joshuacortez8346 And now joining the ranks is this INSANE footage of the landfall of the eyewall of hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, FL: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wiL3QKraaTY.html
The footage in Haiyan was even miles away from RMW and it was even weakening at that time. No footage was taken in Guiuan where the strongest winds were recorded
@@jonathanmatos714 Believe it or not there are people who live in that hotel, in 2014 I stayed there and our room was small, but basically a house, bedroom,bathroom,kitchen,dining area, living space with TV, balcony, and the entrance was little with a small closet, and then some stairs which led to the actual place
I will never forget the wind so scary, the darkness, trees falling, houses destroyed... thank you everyone who prayed and helped PR in some way God bless you❤
All I can say is how could Trump DARE to say that what Puerto Rico endured in Hurricane Maria was less than what people had suffered in Hurricane Katrina? He should never COMPARE disasters--each one is unique and a severe danger to those who go through it! Puerto Rico had it worse--it is an island, and therefore isolated from immediate help and has more poverty than the mainland. At least trucks and other vehicles could still get through to New Orleans to get help more quickly. Puerto Rico, weeks after Maria is still lacking food, water and essential medicine--people are dying more in the aftermath of it than during the storm itself from the lack of important commodities: food and fuel.
Woah, those are some powerful winds josh! The whiteout conditions remind me of your Haiyan video. Just another textbook example of the incredible shear power these monster storms can have. I pray for those hit in Puerto Rico and Dominica... I also hope they can rebuild strong and get through this horrible disaster.
This is the best hurricane video I’ve seen on RU-vid, with a clear timeline documenting the changing conditions (plus shots of the aftermath) and incredible footage of the pummelling going on outside. As for that eyewall - wow. 😮 I really got a sense of what it must have been like being in that hotel room. And the icing on the cake was the fact you helped out that neighbouring family. Great job, pal. Thank you for sharing this with us. Please be careful though! x
I stayed with my sister and at 7 am we had to barricade the doors from the living room and balcony because the winds were so strong they opened twice... I still remember the sound of the wind, the rumbling of the building walls, the windows rattling... it was intense... we survived that day but we are still recovering
I'm here in PR visiting now and as much as I'd love to purchase a home here I could not get used to living in hurricane valley! Every few years a big one hits and I just can't handle that type of trauma
I still feel like a punch in my gut every time I watch images of the devastation of this hurricane. And this point of the winds it amazes me they still had power!?!?
watching this video game me chills, I'm from Puerto Rico and it's crazy to think this happened. many people from college in my first year at the time either moved from the island after this or lost their homes. it was honestly insane what happened. and the aftermath was even worse. I know people who ended up getting power at the end of May. I struggled with my family during the time but we were more fortunate than other people.
An amazing video and what unbelievable footage, must have been terrifying. I am so glad you guys made it through. Much love and respect to you from myself here in the UK.
I live in Puerto Rico and when that storm hit us it was terrifying, I was so scared I tried everything to distract myself from this experience the worst part was getting out... There were down trees every where, in some places the mud was blocking the road, houses on the floor, strong trees getting destroyed in seconds... This was definitely my most terrifying experience ever
What a ferocious storm! Maybe I am wrong but it looks like there was an ERC process during this landfall, because for being in the eye the winds were really strong. Don't know if PR ist American territory, but in this case Maria would be the strongest category 4 storm in the U.S. (even before Charley and Carla) and the 4th strongest landfalling hurricane. The PR cyclone of 1928 was estimated to have wind speeds of 160mph, which isn't really stronger than Marias 155mph. Maybe this was the worst storm in PR history, for sure the most expensive. This video is just incredible! The best hurricane eyewall footage on the net!
Strongest known to have hit PR was the great hurricane of 1780 with estimated wind speed of over 200mph!! First since 1780 that we get hit by such a strong hurricane.
This is the best eyewall footage I’ve seen on RU-vid. I worked hurricane Sandy as a SAR medic and we were caught outside of shelter on Staten Island when the eyewall hit. And honestly this looks worse than what I remember. Although we had to crawl back to our shelter to avoid being blown over I don’t remember complete gray out conditions like this. Our biggest threat was the surf not so much precipitation. Awesome video brother. I just subscribed.
So glad you and your neighbours were ok..Flashbacks for us..we lost our home in Irma and had to grab our dogs and run for the neighbours...I dont think anyone who has not been through this can grasp how LONG it lasts...seems like it never ends. This is amazing video and the most real Ive seen
Wow, sad you went though these terrible storm, glad you were able to capture and post this video. It puts things in perspective to those of us that were not on the Island at the time. Can't understand why people would give it a thumbs down. Maybe children who (of all ages) who have no clue of life.
...i'm speechless. RIP to those who died. Thank you for this. I always wanted to see how a hurricane would look like from a balcony of an apt. bldg. You risked your life out there. This reminded me of Huricane Andrew when my front door and sliding glass doors looked like they were breathing. Frightening.
VAMPHYR3 most are strong build with cement or bricks . but the campesinos like wood houses. But USA said they are no building any more wood house in the island so no more wood most of the dead happen in houses made of wood
So can't most Americans. What does that have to do with anything, though? Anyone who can afford a house in the EU, could easily afford one in the US, but why the fuck does that matter? If you want to go all "hurr durr 'murica" on my ass, then atleast think about something better to say.
Apple tech/fun Actually Einstein, it isn't. It is a territory of the United States. Hence the "US" part. PR is an island not one of the United States of America. We have 50 of the said United States of America and several territories with US citizens living on those territories.
My friend you definitely rocks! Congrats on such a great filmed documentation. Certainly great piece of history for future storm chasers. I live here and your are seriously nut! I got really freak when I saw the glasses of my master room almost burst, but didn't, fortunately just like yours on your filming room. Great job wherever your are!
That decrease in wind speed that you showed at about 6.33am was that you were close to the eye ceiling almost crossing over your heads. Then you noticed the wind speed increased again. That was the eastern side of the hurricane hitting you. You guys were lucky my friend! I am glad you came out all well from this mayhem!
I don’t know how it’s taken me this long to find this channel. I’m a big weather guy myself and yours is some of the best footage I’ve ever seen. Earned a sub and a supporter.
iCyclone - Absolutely sir. If you’re ever up here in NC chasing / watching I’d love to compare notes and maybe see a storm together. Keep on keeping on my man. You’re doing a great job.
I’ve watched this before but watching again now that the eye of Hurricane Dorian is plowing it’s way towards me. Hopefully it veers off but these videos give me a better idea of realistic expectations of what I should expect. By far the best content/ storm chaser on RU-vid! Thanks for sharing and braving these terrifying storms.
