hurricane maria is moving along nearly the same path as hurricane irma with authorities .vacuating people mariaback up to full strength after having weakened to a category four. reporter: and potential catastrophe as the fourth major atlantic hurricane of the year barrels through caribbean islands already devastated by hurricane irma. hurricane maria made landfall on on island of dominica tuesday as a category five storm with wind over 250 kilometers per hour. dominica's prime minister posted on facebook that his roof had been pulled off and he is at the complete mercy of the hurricane. by martinique, authorities issued an alert, the highest level, as they prepare for the storm's arrival. the search could reach over 200 meters. rico, where maria is expected to make landfall on wednesday, they were afraid they weren't ready so soon after hurricane irma. >> puerto rico is not prepared for this. we are going to have a bad time of this. we ask almighty god that begin get through this without serious damage. hurricane irma caused 37 deaths and billions of dollars worth of damage less than two weeks