Hurricane Maria left a devastating path of destruction behind after it ripped through Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico’s governor described the hurricane as “the biggest and potentially most catastrophic hurricane in a century”.
Before the hurricane made landfall on the island, residents were warned to “evacuate or die” from vulnerable areas.
Dangerous stormy conditions swept across the island after it made landfall at around 6.15am EDT, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC).
In the footage, planes can be seen flipped like toys after winds of around 150mph hit Puerto Rico.
Some planes were severely damaged in the clip with others completely turned upside down after Hurricane Maria hit.
Over three million people living in Puerto Rico have been left without power after the storm caused catastrophic flash flooding.
Puerto Rico was forecast to receive up to 20 inches of rain as the hurricane passed over the US territory.
At the time of landfall, Tom Terry, chief meteorologist at WFTV/WRDQ, tweeted: “May have lost communication with radar as Maria makes landfall. Incredible storm”.
Now moving away from Puerto Rico, the hurricane has been downgraded to a Category two hurricane but is still packing winds of up to 110mph.
The NHC said: “At 11pm EDT/AST (3am UTC), the large eye of Hurricane Maria was located near latitude 19.2 North, longitude 67.9 West. Maria is moving toward the northwest near 9mph (15 kmph), and this general motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected through Thursday night.
“A turn toward the north-northwest is forecast on Friday. On the forecast track, the core of Hurricane Maria will continue to move away from Puerto Rico during the next several hours, and then pass offshore of the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic early Thursday.
“Maria should then move near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas Thursday night and Friday.”
Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean warned Hurricane Maria must be “watched”, as she displayed separate models showing interaction with the US mainland.
Dean said: “The images coming out of San Juan, Puerto Rico are so destructive, and, of course, we saw landfall across the US Virgin Islands as a Category 5.
“To see a Category 4 make landfall across the US three times in one season is unprecedented – we are on track for a historic season.
“The East Coast is also going to have to monitor this as the computer models are spread out, especially as we go further out to next week. That’s a little too close for comfort.”