Dominica PM Rescued From His Home As Hurricane Maria Hits

'We've lost all that money can buy': Dominica PM reveals catastrophic destruction before he is rescued from his home as 160mph Hurricane Maria hits Caribbean island.....

Hurricane Maria is unleashing its fury across the Caribbean after causing destruction in Dominica as it makes its way towards storm-ravaged British overseas territories.

Howling 160mph winds destroyed the house of Dominica prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit who had to be rescued as Maria intensified into a 'potentially catastrophic' category five storm.

The 44-year-old, who has led the country since 2004, said he was at the 'complete mercy of the hurricane' before announcing that he had made it to safety.

But he later warned Dominica has lost 'all what money can buy' and there are fears of further devastation on Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands - already battered by Irma - as the hurricane inches north.

Warning of 'widespread devastation', Skerrit wrote overnight: 'My greatest fear for the morning is that we will wake to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of likely landslides triggered by persistent rains.'