The devastation of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico – and now it continues to wreak havoc

Hurricane Fiona left devastating imprints on Puerto Rico.

The island was hit by torrential floods and people are advised to rise to higher altitudes.

Rain is expected to continue on the island as Fiona rages across the Caribbean.

people on Puerto Rico I woke up Monday morning to great devastation.

The advance of Hurricane Fiona caused severe flooding and landslides on the island’s southwest coast. There is a risk that the heavy rain that continues to hit the island will not recede until the end of the week.

Fiona shut down the entire island’s power grid and left 1.4 million Puerto Rican households without power on Sunday.

Electricity company Luma Energy says power has returned to 100,000 customers, but for the remaining households, it may be several days before power is restored, according to reports. Washington Post.

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Call: go to high altitude

Local authorities described the path of the typhoon as catastrophic.

People had to flee their homes and Governor Pedro Pierluisi urged residents to go to higher altitudes to escape the water, he wrote. The New York Times.

Bridges were flooded and smashed, palm trees smashed and major roads blocked. Hundreds of people were evacuated and rescued from under the water. Wind speeds of up to 140 kilometers per hour have been measured by the NHC’s American Organ Center.

It is too early to draw conclusions about the victims

No deaths were reported, but local authorities said it was too early to draw conclusions about how many were injured or likely died.

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Hurricane Fiona nearly hit today, five years after Hurricane Maria crippled Puerto Rico.

Then the entire island went out for several months, thousands of people died and the government invested billions in rebuilding the country’s infrastructure.

The hurricane is expected to intensify

The eye of Hurricane Fiona is now approaching the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, according to the US National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NHC). After that, Fiona is expected to intensify into a Category 3 hurricane.

According to forecasts, the hurricane will pass the Turks and Caicos Islands on Monday evening, where a hurricane warning has been issued. As the hurricane moves across the Atlantic, the winds are expected to ease somewhat.

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