Hurricane Fiona makes landfall as all of Puerto Rico has lost power
Fiona, a Category 1 storm, reached Puerto Rico at 3:20 p.m. EDT, bringing maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, the
President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency on the territory, home to 3.2 million people, the vast majority American citizens.The eye of Fiona was heading toward the eastern part of the Dominican Republic, the hurricane center said in its 5 p.m. EDT advisory, and was expected to roar near the country's northern coast Monday before turning toward the east of the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday.
Fiona was expected to drop 12 to 16 inches of rain over eastern and southern Puerto Rico, and as much as 25 inches in isolated spots, forecasters said. Maria was devastating to the island, leading to at least 3,000 deaths. Thousands of homes, roads, and recreational areas have yet to be fixed or rebuilt. The government has completed only 21% of more than 5,500 official post-hurricane projects, and seven of the island’s 78 municipalities report that not a single project has begun, the Associated Press reported.
In the southwest town of El Combate, which is in the storm’s path, hotel co-owner Tomás Rivera fretted about the amount of rain that could be unleashed.
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