floodwaters, littered with debris. gas stations under water. the aoeyisland's already fragi n infrastructure decimated. >> this is the most devastating storm in a century quite frankly in modern history. >> reporter: hurricane maria unleashing punishing winds up to 155 miles per hour. pelting torrential rain side ways and breaking trees in half. as residents rode out the storm, some in shelters, others in stairwells. i have never seen anything like this. the ferocity powering through. it is pulling off the awnings and pulling out the trees, too. this is the road of destruction we encountered on our drive from the east coast in palma del mar, forcing us to evacuate our