Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 had half people the last time it saw a hurricane this bad

If Maria's track holds, Puerto Rico will take a direct hit. That'll make Maria the first Category 4 or 5 hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico in 85 years.

In 1932, the San Ciprián hurricane made landfall in late September, pummeling the island for eight long hours. Structural damages totalled more than $1.5 million, according to records kept by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

At the time, the population of Puerto Rico was a little over 1.5 million. Today, more than 3.3 million people call the US territory home.

Now Puerto Rico is bracing for the worst -- barely two weeks after Hurricane Irma destroyed buildings and caused an ongoing mass loss of electricity.

Both President Trump and Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló have issued emergency declarations. Rosselló urged Puerto Ricans to find safe shelters immediately.

Emergency workers, he said, won't be around to help once winds reach 50 mph.