Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico

The island is a US territory so expect Congress to be called upon to. 1 day agoUTUADO Puerto Rico Residents and first responders could only watch helplessly as floodwaters overtook the towns bridge and washed it downstream.

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13 hours agoHurricane Fiona has dumped an epic amount of rain on Puerto Rico leaving parts of the island underwater.

. ADVERTISEMENT The storms clouds covered the entire island and tropical storm-force winds extended as far as 140 miles 220 kilometers from Fionas center. Hurricane Fiona has moved back out into the Atlantic Ocean after making two landfalls in the past 24 hours first crashing into the extreme southwestern coast of Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon leaving catastrophic flooding. Fiona struck on the anniversary of Hurricane Hugo which hit Puerto Rico 33 years ago as a Category 3 storm.

1 day agoPuerto Rico could be without power for days. AccuWeather forecasters have rated Fiona a 2 for the Caribbean on the AccuWeather RealImpact Scale for Hurricanes as a result of the heightened risk to life and property from the storms strong winds and heavy rain which can amount up to. Fiona which is the Atlantic hurricane seasons sixth named storm was predicted to bring 5 to 10 inches of rain in eastern and southern Puerto Rico with as much as 20 inches in isolated spots.

The storm knocked out power to much of the. ET Sunday with winds of 85 mph according to the National Hurricane Center. Fiona is expected to spread heavy rain and damaging winds across Puerto Rico and forecasters are particularly concerned about the threat of flash flooding and mudslides in the higher terrain areas.

23 hours agoTuesday marks five years since Hurricane Marias catastrophic landfall in Puerto Rico and some who lived through the 2017 crisis say Fionas flooding destruction could be even more severe. 20 2017 with wind speeds of up to 155 mph just 2 mph short of a Category 5 storm. 2 days agoThe National Hurricane Center said Monday evening that heavy rains from Fiona would continue to fall over Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic throughout the night.

2 days agoHurricane Fiona made landfall along the extreme southwestern coast of Puerto Rico near Punta Tocon at 320 pm. Aerial footage shows major flooding in Añasco Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by the weekend.

As the eye of Hurricane Fiona barreled west into the Dominican Republic Puerto Rico was left early Monday with a knocked-out energy grid widespread. Fiona is on a crash course with the islands of the northern Caribbean and AccuWeather meteorologists say it could unleash life-threatening rainfall amounts in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. No deaths had been reported but authorities in the US.

According to authorities three people were inside the home and were reported to have. Eye of Hurricane Fiona nears battered powerless Puerto Rico. Hurricane Fiona whipped the area with 85.

18 hours agoMuch of Puerto Rico is in the dark and underwater following a lashing by Hurricane Fiona as it tore through the Caribbean. Territory said it was too. This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Fiona in the Caribbean on Saturday Sept.

Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic on Monday morning a day after the storm knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico nearby. As of 5 pm. Hurricane warnings remain in effect for all of Puerto Rico as well as eastern portions of the Dominican Republic.

Fiona became the Atlantic hurricane seasons sixth named storm after forming Wednesday evening. 1 day agoA home is submerged in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey Puerto Rico Sunday Sept. Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Ricos southwest coast on Sunday as it unleashed landslides knocked the power grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads and flung the pieces around.

Hurricane Fiona continues to hammer the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with heavy rains flooding and winds of 85mph. 22 hours agoThe devastation and the sweeping power outages brought by Fiona were a chilling reminder of Hurricane Maria a Category 4 storm that hit Puerto Rico five years ago as the deadliest natural. Fiona struck Puerto Rico almost five years to the day after Hurricane Maria slammed the island on Sept.

1 day agoHurricane Fiona the third hurricane in the 2022 Atlantic Ocean season made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 1 storm on Sunday Sept. Fiona threatened to. Rainfall of 4 to 6 inches is likely in the US.

Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico. Video from the ground showed.

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