Hurricane Maria about to make landfall in Puerto Rico as a Cat 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph

Hurricane Maria is about to make landfall on the island of Puerto Rico as a dangerous category 4 storm:

Hurricane #Maria making landfall now as a category four hurricane in SE Puerto Rico with winds at 155 mph! @CBS58 #HuracanMariaPR #readywx pic.twitter.com/dSGJ2F4Q7U

— Chris Nelson KIMT (@1ChrisNelson) September 20, 2017

5:45 AM: Maria is making landfall NOW with sustained winds of 155 mph (strong Cat 4). Eye is 15 miles SSW of Vieques pic.twitter.com/7VVOtc0QbQ

— Ella Dorsey (@Ella__Dorsey) September 20, 2017

It weakened slightly as the storm was reportedly going through an eyewall replacement cycle shortly before landfall and had not yet fully reorganized:

Hurricane Maria has been slightly downgraded to a Cat 4, w/155 mph winds; Puerto Rico landfall in a few hours, per 5am advisory

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) September 20, 2017

Eye of #Maria is making landfall in PR now. It's lost some organization thanks to an EWRC but very potent still. pic.twitter.com/TA5KmTZgty

— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) September 20, 2017

Hurricane Maria is about to make landfall in Puerto Rico. pic.twitter.com/BX9kEEWocW

— Gio Benitez (@GioBenitez) September 20, 2017

Winds are already gusting to hurricane force in San Juan:

91 mph wind gust recorded in San Juan…..Winds will only get stronger through the morning. #PRwx #Maria

— David Wolter (@DavidWolter1) September 20, 2017

Winds gusting to #hurricane force in San Juan. Coastal flooding reported on north shore. #prwx #maria #huracan pic.twitter.com/8OtNscOD1j

— Greg Dee (@GregDeeWeather) September 20, 2017

From Miami Herald reporter Patricia Mazzei:

Hi from San Juan. We await #HurricaneMaria in newsroom of @ElNuevoDia, which was kind enough to let us in & is doing round-the-clock work.

— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) September 20, 2017

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Newsroom feels like a bunker. Can't really see outside. But even in here the winds noticeably picked up after 3am. Sound hard to ignore.

— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) September 20, 2017

We may lose cell phone comms at some point. But we are well-stocked with supplies and ready to report once it's safe outside. (Thursday?)

— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) September 20, 2017

We’re finally seeing some video out of Dominica which was struck yesterday and it’s heartbreaking:

First aerial images emerge showing the damage to the island of Dominica after Hurricane #Mariahttps://t.co/0PsqsN5ygJ pic.twitter.com/wCtgZprc2V

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 20, 2017

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 19, 2017