decided he says again i've decided i'll let you know what the decision is mike hanna al-jazeera united nations hurricane maria has been downgraded to a category two storm but not before leaving behind widespread damage it hit puerto rico as a category four storm causing widespread flooding and tidal surges the entire island is now without power and the governor has imposed a curfew and a gallagher reports from the capital san juan. puerto rico's southeast coast was the first to feel the effects of hurricane maria but the entire country is now dealing with the aftermath of one of the most powerful storms to ever hit this island with winds of two hundred fifty kilometers per hour puerto rico was pounded for most of wednesday in san juan hurricane force winds ripped off roofs and blew out windows power has now been lost across the entire island puerto rico's ailing electricity grid is still recovering from hurricane irma it could be months before it's restored in puerto rico on the sand one that we knew yesterday is no longer there so we have to reconstruct to rebuild reinvent and we have to be reselling and we

decided he says again i've decided i'll let you know what the decision is my can or al-jazeera united nations hurricane maria has been downgraded to a category two storm but not before leaving behind widespread damage it hit puerto rico as a category four storm causing widespread flooding and tidal surges at a gallop a report from san juan. puerto rico's southeast coast was the first to feel the effects of hurricane maria but the entire country is now dealing with the aftermath of one of the most powerful storms to ever hit this island with winds of two hundred fifty kilometers per hour puerto rico was pounded for most of wednesday in san juan hurricane force winds ripped off roofs and blew out windows power has now been lost across the entire island puerto rico's ailing electricity grid is still recovering from hurricane erma it could be months before it's restored and when that wind is no longer there so we have to reconstruct to rebuild. we have to be restored and we have to push on. with our bodies with our hearts and when our so puerto rico has long been spared from a direct hit as hurricanes tend to ve

to following real accountability welzel and orton al-jazeera at the united nations let's get the whether it's richard on the very latest on hurricane maria what's happening there but it's looking pretty grim for the turks and caicos and and the the across the southeastern part bahamas jane is still a category three storm which means devastating winds i don't talk about we've got a whole host of other features as well when this storm system went across puerto rico this is damage that it did we had. when this which were at the top end of calgary three almost category four we had fast amounts of rain uses or damage it has wires and i guess the turrets and cake cos well they were to say because i was to take us already but because of irma so obviously when maria arrives i don't know how it's going to impact on the people are still left on it really is going to be quite scary we have got sustained winds of children five k.p.h. so top end of cuts three important thing is producing a huge swell there's going to be something like a three meters storm surge effect in the turks and caicos and also parts of the southeastern bahamas and this system

teacher is also in the path of hurricane maria more news on the web site al jazeera dot com i'll see you very soon up next it's inside story. world leaders are at the united nations this week on the agenda north korea syria and the range of crisis but as they champion peace and security across the globe what can they actually achieve is the u.n. still a relevant organization this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program with me today peter davi not once again the international community is getting together to discuss combating global conflicts and humanitarian crises in places like me and mom but as the seventy second united nations general assembly gets underway in new york this week some question the goals of the one hundred ninety three member states and if the u.n. is still a force for global good well that's our guest in a moment but first let's hear from our washington editor james bays at u.n. headquarters and a development every year when world leaders gather in new york in september they listen carefully to the words of the most powerful person on earth but for the first time since the u.n. was created at the end of the second world war the u.s.

al jazeera live from doha or so coming up there as president tells the united nations that his country won't have violate its nuclear deal with the west and slams donald trump's threats as ignorant and hateful . hurricane maria loses strength as it makes his way across the caribbean but the worst may not be over yet plus. a show of strength for supporters of council and autonomy as spain's prime minister calls on leaders not to go ahead with an independence vote. three days of mourning have been declared in mexico or at least two hundred thirty people have died after the deadliest. quake to hit the country in thirty years rescuers continue to comb through the wreckage looking for survivors and sometimes even pausing to listen for voices the earthquake on tuesday was centered about one hundred twenty kilometers southeast of mexico city and mexico's president and pena nieto says that at least forty four buildings including homes schools and office buildings have collapsed now firefighters found the bodies of at least twenty two children and two adults at the school another thirty pupils and twelve others still remain missing and reports are from mexico city. in mexico city a desperate search to save lives cont