The U.S. National Hurricane Centre says Maria has regained its major hurricane status, rising to a Category 3 storm early Thursday. An update from the Miami-based centre says maximum sustained winds have increased to near...

Experts in the Dominican Republic say Hurricane Maria didn't do any damage to the county's tourism infrastructure. That assessment includes Punta Cana on the eastern tip of the country. Video of the area...

As of Thursday afternoon, Hurricane Maria was moving off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic with winds of 120 mph (195 kph). The storm was expected to approach the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas late...

Hurricane Maria is bringing high winds and rough seas to the Dominican Republic, as it passed offshore of the northeast coast on Wednesday. The storm is expected to bring flooding and wind damage as it passes close to the...

Rains from Hurricane Maria intensify Thursday in the Dominican Republic increasing flooding in urban and rural areas due to rising rivers and leaving some 140,000 people without electricity and 2,991 homes affected

Residents in the Dominican Republic brace for hurricane Maria as they secure buildings and buy food supplies Wednesday whilst the monster storm wrecks havoc across Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria which has devastated parts of the Caribbean nears Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic having been downgraded to a Category Two storm

Hurricane Maria tears through several Caribbean islands killing at least nine people across the region

Venezuela's governement and opposition decided to extend this Saturday the round of talks in Dominican Republic to find a solution to the country's crisis

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Emergency services and police arrive on scene where three people were reported dead and dozens more injured after an explosion in a plastics factory in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

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