Puerto Rico

Tropical storm warnings cover the U.S. Virgin Islands and the north coast of the Dominican Republic west to Puerto Plata, regions which are also under a ...

Luma Energy, the island's private electric utility, says full restoration of power service on Puerto Rico "could take several days." Gov. Pedro Pierlusi wrote ...

The flash flooding will likely be "life threatening and catastrophic" across Puerto Rico and the eastern Dominican Republic, according to officials monitoring the storm. It was not long ago when the island's power grid was devastated by Hurricane Maria — a category 4 storm that caused about 3,000 deaths in 2017. The National Hurricane Center expects Fiona to stick around Puerto Rico into Sunday evening and move toward the Dominican Republic by Monday.

Forecasters said the downpour was expected to produce landslides and catastrophic flooding, with up to 25 inches possible in isolated areas. “It's time to take ...

The storm also damaged roads, uprooted trees and destroyed at least one bridge. It could threaten the far southern end of the Bahamas on Tuesday. “I don’t trust them,” she said, referring to the government. “Even the birds have realized what is coming, and they’re preparing.” Puerto Rico’s largest public hospital was running on generators and at some centers, those had failed. President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in the U.S.

The big picture: The storm threatens to dump more than two feet of rain in Puerto Rico, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the National Hurricane Center warns.

What's next: Fiona is expected to continue to intensify once it moves northwest of Puerto Rico and north of the Dominican Republic. Driving the news: Typhoon Nanmadol is forecast to make landfall on Sunday. Threat level: The storm is likely to bring torrential rains to Puerto Rico through Monday, with a widespread area of 12 to 16 inches of rain expected. territory, where the impending flooding and high winds could imperil the island's power grid, which is still recovering from 2017's [Typhoon Nanmadol to slam Japan, may be one of country's most expensive storms](/2022/09/17/japan-typhoon-nanmadol-evacuations-flooding) It could bring as much as 20 inches of rainfall in just 24 hours to certain areas, Video from social media shows torrents of water washing away bridges, power lines and other infrastructure in southwestern Puerto Rico. Hurricane-force winds have taken out the island's fragile power grid. Tropical Storm Fiona is expected to become a hurricane and could dump as much as 20 inches of rain on Puerto Rico beginning Saturday, the Japan is urging hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate ahead of the landfall of a typhoon that could be one of the most destructive and expensive storms to hit the country in years. - The storm is a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to remain so through landfall in Puerto Rico. The big picture: The storm threatens to dump more than two feet of rain in Puerto Rico, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the National Hurricane Center warns.

Si bien, la frágil red eléctrica de Puerto Rico sigue siendo una preocupación debido a los fuertes y racheados vientos, la principal amenaza en las próximas ...

Como mencionamos en los boletines a principios de esta semana, las misiones a gran altitud de los cazadores de huracanes, que comenzaron anoche y pasaron a las ejecuciones nocturnas del modelo por computadora, ayudaron a establecer los modelos, brindándonos una imagen más clara del pronóstico para la próxima semana. Se pronostica que Fiona traerá fuertes lluvias generalizadas a Puerto Rico hasta el lunes, con hasta dos pies de lluvia posibles en las partes este y sur de la isla. Tanto el satélite de microondas como el radar tradicional de Puerto Rico muestran una pared de ojo formativa que envuelve casi por completo el centro de profundización de Fiona, con sus vientos más fuertes aproximadamente a 35 millas al noreste y a menos de 50 millas al sur de Puerto Rico.

Partes de Puerto Rico podrían ver hasta 25 pulgadas de lluvia a medida que se acerca la tormenta tropical Fiona. Fiona es el tercer huracán de la temporada de ...

La mayor parte de la lluvia se espera para el domingo y lugares aislados en el sur y este de Puerto Rico podrían ver hasta 635 mm, según el centro de huracanes. y la costa norte de la República Dominicana, desde Cabo Francés Viejo al oeste hasta Puerto Plata, están bajo alerta de huracán el domingo por la mañana, lo que significa que es posible que haya condiciones de huracán en las próximas 48 horas. El huracán se aproxima a Puerto Rico al sur de la ciudad de Ponce, indicó el centro de huracanes. "Se pronostica un fortalecimiento adicional durante las próximas 48 horas mientras Fiona se mueve cerca de Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y sobre el suroeste del Atlántico", dijo el centro de huracanes. Y en Puerto Rico, donde más de 470.000 clientes estaban sin electricidad al mediodía del domingo, según [PowerOutage.us](https://poweroutage.us/area/state/puerto%20rico), y según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ya comenzaron las inundaciones repentinas. El apagón, que siguió a horas de cortes de energía que empeoraron progresivamente, se produce cinco años después de que el huracán María devastara la red eléctrica de Puerto Rico en septiembre de 2017, dejando a muchos residentes sin electricidad durante meses.

Más de 300000 personas están sin servicio eléctrico en Puerto Rico y cerca de 1000 fueron albergados en 118 refugios de emergencias luego que el huracán ...

LOÍZA – Jetsabel Osorio Chévere levantó la vista con una sonrisa triste mientras se apoyaba en su maltrecha casa. Han pasado casi cinco años desde que el ...

Persisten los apagones en toda la isla que dañan los electrodomésticos y obligan a las personas con problemas de salud crónicos a encontrar soluciones temporales para mantener fríos sus medicamentos. El gobierno ha completado solo el 21% de más de 5.500 obras oficiales posteriores al huracán, y siete de los 78 municipios de la isla informan que no se ha iniciado ningún proyecto. Solo cinco municipios informan que la mitad de los proyectos programados para su región se han completado, según datos gubernamentales revisados por The Associated Press.

Las nubes del meteoro cubrían toda la isla y los vientos con fuerza de tormenta tropical se extendían hasta a 220 kilómetros (140 millas) del vórtice de Fiona.

Los meteorólogos dijeron que la tormenta causaría inundaciones catastróficas y niveles “históricos” de precipitaciones, de incluso 64 centímetros (25 pulgadas) ...

En el Océano Pacífico oriental se tenía previsto que la tormenta tropical Madeline causara fuertes lluvias e inundaciones en partes del suroeste de México. En San Cristóbal y Nieves también se reportaron inundaciones y árboles caídos, pero las autoridades anunciaron que el aeropuerto internacional reabriría el domingo por la tarde. Podría significar un riesgo para el extremo sur de las Bahamas el martes. Morales hizo notar que las precipitaciones de María en 2017 alcanzaron los 102 centímetros (40 pulgadas). “Aquí hay miles de aves y no se ven”, dijo. Los centros de salud estaban operando con generadores, y algunos de ellos se habían descompuesto.

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney. (CNN) — El huracán Fiona tocó tierra a lo largo de la costa suroeste de Puerto Rico cerca de Punta Tocón a las 3:20 p.m. ET ...

El centro de huracanes pronostica de 30 a 45 centímetros de lluvia con un máximo local de 76 centímetros, especialmente en el este y el sur de Puerto Rico. “Se pronostica un fortalecimiento adicional durante las próximas 48 horas mientras Fiona se mueve cerca de Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y sobre el suroeste del Atlántico”, dijo el centro de huracanes. Existe la posibilidad de que el centro de Fiona bordee Puerto Rico, impidiendo una “recalada” tradicional. El apagón, que siguió a horas de cortes de energía que empeoraron progresivamente, se produce cinco años después de que el huracán María devastara la red eléctrica de Puerto Rico en septiembre de 2017, dejando a muchos residentes sin electricidad durante meses. Y en Puerto Rico, donde más de 470.000 clientes estaban sin electricidad al mediodía del domingo, según PowerOutage.us, y según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ya comenzaron las inundaciones repentinas. ET con vientos de 136 km/h según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes.

No se reportaron muertes, aunque las autoridades dijeron que era demasiado pronto como para valorar el alcance de los daños de una tormenta que aún dejaría ...

Podría afectar al extremo sur de las Bahamas el martes. Los centros de salud funcionaban con generadores, que en algunos casos habían fallado. Los apagones siguen siendo habituales y la reconstrucción ha empezado hace poco. Se calcula que casi 3.000 personas murieron debido al apagón provocado por el huracán María en los sofocantes días posteriores a la tormenta, y algunos vecindarios tardaron un año en volver a tener luz. El gobernador del territorio estadounidense describió los daños como “catastróficos”. Se desplazaba hacia el noroeste a 15 kilómetros (9 millas) por hora.

Tropical Storm Fiona became the third hurricane of the Atlantic season on Sunday as it approached the island of Puerto Rico, where it threatened heavy rains ...

National Hurricane Center (NHC). On the forecast track, the center of Fiona will approach Puerto Rico during the morning today and may move near or over Puerto Rico this afternoon. Fiona becomes a hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico was without power as nightfall approached Sunday amid catastrophic flooding, hurricane-force winds and the destruction of at least one bridge, ...

The storm was expected to move near or to the east of Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday. In its last public advisory of Sunday, the center said Fiona was nearing the Dominican Republic's southeastern coast. The British and U.S. The move was unexpected, but forecasters say the tropical cyclone will most likely return to its expected track and head northeast. It means residents could expect hurricane conditions, with sustained surface winds of at least 74 mph, in the next 24 hours, the center said. The government said in a statement late Sunday that an estimated 196,000 people were without potable water as a result of the storm. In a statement, the utility touted electricity restoration work in the mountain town of Ciales, where lines were taken out by downed trees and branches. Earlier, President Joe Biden declared a federal emergency for the island. Maria was preceded by Irma, which struck the Florida Keys on Sept. It was eventually Pennsylvania Gov. Nearly 1.5 million utility customers were left without power, thanks to winds estimated at 85 mph, well above minimum hurricane force.

San Juan, 18 sep (EFE).- Más del 45 % de los abonados de Puerto Rico se encuentran este domingo sin servicio eléctrico por el huracán Fiona, cuyos fuertes ...

(NHC, en inglés). El apagón afecta a más de 665.000 clientes de un total de 1,4 millones, según los datos del portal de la empresa LUMA Energy, encargada de la transmisión y distribución de la electricidad. San Juan, 18 sep (EFE).- Más del 45 % de los abonados de Puerto Rico se encuentran este domingo sin servicio eléctrico por el huracán Fiona, cuyos fuertes vientos e intensas lluvias se sienten ya en la isla.

La gente colocaba tablas en sus ventanas y hacia acopio de agua y comida. La tormenta destruyó la infraestructura eléctrica de la isla y causó unas 3.000 ...

La tormenta tenía su vórtice a unos 265 kilómetros (165 millas) al sur-suroeste de Cabo Corrientes el domingo por la mañana, con vientos máximos sostenidos de 75 km/h (45 mph). Podría afectar el martes a la zona más meridional de las Bahamas. La tormenta dejó sin electricidad a más de medio millón de clientes y centros médicos, incluso el hospital público más grande de Puerto Rico, que funcionaba con generadores. El huracán María destrozó la red eléctrica puertorriqueña, que aún es frágil y apenas comenzó su reconstrucción. La gente colocaba tablas en sus ventanas y hacia acopio de agua y comida. La tormenta destruyó la infraestructura eléctrica de la isla y causó unas 3.000 muertes.

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic early Monday morning, packing sustained winds of 90 mph, heavy rain and flooding.

"We were much more prepared," she said. "We have four warehouses now strategically located throughout the island which includes commodities, exponentially larger supplies than in the past. "The biggest concern is the life and safety of residents," she said, urging everyone to follow the direction of local officials.

The hurricane unleashed landslides amid lashing rain that could reach historic levels, with up to 30 inches possible in the east and south.

It could threaten the far southern end of the Bahamas on Tuesday. President Biden declared a state of emergency in the U.S. The storm also damaged roads, uprooted trees and destroyed at least one bridge. Fiona was centered 50 miles southeast of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph on Sunday night, according to the U.S. It was moving to the northwest at 9 mph. Large landslides also were reported, with water rushing down big slabs of broken asphalt and into gullies.

El huracán de categoría 1 con vientos máximos de 140 km por hora tocó tierra cerca de Punta Tocón, en el suroeste de la isla y el Centro Nacional de ...

"El Servicio Meteorológico de San Juan ha catalogado el huracán Fiona como un evento catastrófico por los impactos de inundaciones a través de la Cordillera Central, el este y sur. El huracán Fiona de categoría 1 con vientos de hasta 140 kilómetros por hora provocó este domingo "catastróficas inundaciones" en Puerto Rico y causó un apagón general en la isla que afecta a más de 3,3 millones de personas. El huracán Fiona deja a más de 3 millones de personas sin electricidad en Puerto Rico y causa "inundaciones catastróficas" mientras se dirige a República Dominicana

The storm moved west into the Dominican Republic, as conditions in Puerto Rico remained too dangerous for repair workers early Monday.

Hurricane Maria had a deep, lasting impact on Puerto Rico, with unreliable electricity remaining a mainstay of life on the island. That storm caused the deaths of The rain will be heavy enough to produce what the National Weather Service called “life-threatening and catastrophic flooding” along with mudslides and landslides across Puerto Rico on Monday. Several large landslides were reported, and a bridge washed away in the central town of Utuado. But “we are still expecting flash flooding at least for the rest of the day today, and that might be extended for the next day,” she said. But it was immediately clear that the island would have a difficult recovery process, with as much as 30 inches of rain in some places.

The National Hurricane Center warned that both Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic should expect “catastrophic flooding” from the slow-moving storm.

Photo editing by Troy Witcher. “It breaks my heart to see Puerto Rico’s people suffer all the time,” Ferré said. “It’s so normalized and it shouldn’t be. “This isn’t a one-time occurrence. local time, according to the National Hurricane Center. Stephanie Rojas/AP

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday as a Category 1 storm, knocking out power and bringing floods. Follow our live updates and hurricane ...

more frequently in recent years](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/09/29/record-us-hurricane-landfalls-climate/?itid=lb_more-on-hurricanes_7). And last summer alone, [nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/04/climate-disaster-hurricane-ida/?itid=lb_more-on-hurricanes_8). [seven safety tips to make sure you’re ready](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/05/03/hurricane-safety-prepare-noaa/?itid=lb_more-on-hurricanes_4). [an above-average season of hurricane activity](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/05/24/noaa-atlantic-hurricane-outlook-2022/?itid=lb_more-on-hurricanes_1). Read more about [how climate change is fueling severe weather events](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/10/22/climate-curious-disasters-climate-change/?itid=lb_more-on-hurricanes_9) history](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/harvard-study-estimates-thousands-died-in-puerto-rico-due-to-hurricane-maria/2018/05/29/1a82503a-6070-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_5), Hurricane Maria, which left Puerto Rico in the [dark for months](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/puerto-rico-life-without-power/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5) and killed more than 3,000 people.

Luma, the company that operates power transmission and distribution, said bad weather, including winds of 80 mph, had disrupted transmission lines, ...

territory as the eye of the storm approached the island's southwest corner. Fiona was centered 35 miles southeast of Samana in the Dominican Republic, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Puerto Rico's health centers were running on generators - and some of those had failed. "Heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding" continued across the majority of Puerto Rico. That hurricane caused nearly 3,000 deaths and destroyed the power grid. No deaths had been reported, but authorities in the U.S.

Hurricane Fiona has reached the shores of the Dominican Republic on Monday morning, after causing flash flooding, mudslides and an island-wide blackout in ...

Pedro Pierluisi said he could not give an estimate of when power might be fully up and running. But island officials have said that some roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been damaged or washed away as a result of the downpour. It had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and was moving northwest at 8 mph. Stephanie Rojas/AP hide caption Stephanie Rojas/AP toggle caption As of Monday morning, the category 1 hurricane was 35 miles southeast of Samaná, a coastal town in the northeast Dominican Republic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

More than 2000 people were in shelters, the governor said, and the rain will continue for another day, weakening infrastructure damaged five years ago by ...

In 2017, the National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center began issuing storm surge watches and warnings along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast, and, in 2019, to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Some areas along the coast experienced a storm surge as high as 14 feet, [according to a report from the center](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092021_Ida.pdf). And, before that, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 produced a [storm surge 25 to 28 feet](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/us/hurricane-katrina-the-storm-surge-wall-of-water-set-a-record.html?) above normal tide levels and helped cause about $75 billion in damage in the New Orleans area and along the Mississippi coast. A change in a storm’s track, even of just 20 miles, can make a difference, he said, and every mile of coastline along the Eastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico is susceptible to storm surge from tropical cyclones. [according to the National Hurricane Center](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/surge/). The storm could bring four to six inches of rain to the British and U.S. There is a “migration of tropical cyclones out of the tropics and toward subtropics and middle latitudes,” Dr. The storm made landfall in the Dominican Republic, meaning the eye of the storm crossed the shoreline, at 3:30 a.m. But storm activity picked up in early September, with [Danielle](https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-danielle-hurricane.html) and [Earl](https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-earl-hurricane.html), which both eventually became hurricanes, forming within a day of each other. Pierluisi said in Spanish, adding that the storm has been one of the most significant to hit since Hurricane Maria devastated it in 2017. Pedro Pierluisi, the governor of Puerto Rico, said at a news conference on Sunday afternoon that the authorities were assessing damage and working to stave off a growing disaster. Most of the island was without electricity, and more than 2,000 people were in shelters, the governor said.

Fiona is pounding the Dominican Republic after thrashing Puerto Rico with torrential rain, catastrophic flooding and an islandwide power outage.

And all of the planning efforts we undertake during those blue skies days can be brought to bear when the rain falls." Eastern parts of the Dominican Republic could also see flooding, mudslides or landslides, the hurricane center said. The complex is the island's most important and stretches across 227 acres, according to the Health Administration of Puerto Rico. , carrying its structure downstream, one video of the dangerous flooding shows. And southern Puerto Rico can expect another 4 to 6 inches of rain or more early this week -- meaning Fiona will leave the island deluged with 12 to 30 inches of rain, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. This time, she said, FEMA plans to implement lessons learned from the 2017 crisis. "Our patients are safe and receiving the medical care they need." "We were much more prepared. Samuel Rivera and his mother Lourdes Rodriguez lived without power for about a year after Maria, Rivera told CNN's Layla Santiago. By late Monday morning, a bit of good news from island's capital: The power system came back up for hospitals in San Juan's medical complex, Puerto Rico Health Secretary Dr. Fiona could dump 12 inches of rain in eastern and northern parts of the country. . That would make Fiona the first major hurricane of the year in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Fiona strikes the Dominican Republic, leaving historic rainfall, flooding and an island-wide power outage behind in Puerto Rico. Updates.

At landfall in Puerto Rico Sunday, Fiona was a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. Fiona was centered 10 miles southeast of Samana, Dominican Republic, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph by midday Monday, according to the U.S. “Puerto Ricans have faced a constant state of emergency over the five last years," said Allison Dworschak, leader of the agency's Caribbean Resilience Initiative. Hundreds of water rescues were underway and widespread evacuations were ordered in the U.S. Ada Vivian Román said the storm knocked down trees and fences in her hometown of Toa Alta. It was moving to the northwest at 8 mph. Mercy Corps says it has been helping people on the island better prepare for disasters by transforming local community centers into "resilience hubs" with different combinations of solar energy, potable water storage, communication systems, emergency kits and disaster preparedness training. The first signs of recovery were beginning to emerge, however. Hours of rain were still to come. The National Weather Service in San Juan urged residents to move to higher ground "immediately." The entire power grid went down on Sunday, putting all 1.5 million power customers in the dark. Roads were torn apart, and in the central town of Utuado, a bridge installed by the National Guard after Maria washed away.

The storm is wreaking havoc on the island's already fragile power grid. Heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding is continuing across the island.

Pierluisi said the restoration of power will not be like what happened after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and that it will be a "matter of days," not months, to get the grid at least partially up and running. "We still struggle from the consequences of Maria and it's kind of difficult knowing we're going to probably have to start over again," he said. As of Sunday evening, the storm was centered 45 miles west of Mayagüez, a community on Puerto Rico's western coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. This is considered the first real test of that promise. It was not long ago when the island's power grid was devastated by Hurricane Maria — a category 4 storm that caused about 3,000 deaths in 2017. The government's response plan now included making sure that backup generators are working at hospitals and stocking warehouses with food and cots and other essential supplies. Pedro Pierluisi said the damage on the island is "catastrophic in many areas," calling it a "very delicate and sad situation." As of 2:00 a.m. Heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding was continuing across the island Sunday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center. Rodríguez González said Maria devastated his family's home and businesses. Dozens of roads have been closed because of landslides, fallen trees or being washed out. It is now making its way toward the Dominican Republic.

Las nubes de tormenta cubrieron toda la isla y los vientos con fuerza de tormenta tropical se extendieron hasta 220 kilómetros (140 millas) del centro de Fiona.

The latest: The hurricane strengthened before making landfall in the Dominican Republic to the south-southwest of Punta Cana on Monday morning, according to the ...

[Hurricane Fiona](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/18/hurricane-fiona-flooding-power-grid-puerto-rico), a Category 1 storm, bears down on the island, Gov. [Puerto Rico loses power across entire island as Hurricane Fiona nears](/2022/09/18/puerto-rico-loses-power-hurricane-fiona) - "The current weather conditions are extremely dangerous and are hampering our ability to fully assess the situation," it continued. at around 8 a.m., "especially across the southern and western half of Puerto Rico." [to Puerto Rico](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/18/puerto-rico-loses-power-hurricane-fiona), knocking out power to the [entire island](https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1571557124819263494?s=20&t=7NmbGHMOU0ybnmsQNqLw0g). and was moving toward the northwest at around 8 miles per hour. [Hurricane Fiona leaves Puerto Rico in the dark](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/19/hurricane-fiona-leaves-puerto-rico-in-the-dark) and was moving northwestward at around 8 miles per hour. - Officials said at least one person died from the outage. [NHC](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/191458.shtml). [National Hurricane Center](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2022/al07/al072022.discus.020.shtml). [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/19/hurricane-fiona-puerto-rico-live-updates/#link-4MH4N24MY5H2RK4S3GPWOGSA5M).

Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday, a day after knocking out power to all of Puerto Rico and causing damage the governor described ...

The storm was still expected to unleash torrential rain across the U.S. Authorities reported no deaths directly from Fiona, but Puerto Rico officials said it was too early to know the full scope of damage. The storm also took out a bridge and flooded an airport runway.

Los arroyos desbordados se convirtieron en ríos impetuosos que arrancaron los puentes de sus estribos y los peligrosos y destructivos desprendimientos de ...

En el resto del Atlántico, las cosas estarán más bien tranquilas esta semana. Una vez más, las Bermudas se encuentran en el cono de un huracán que se está fortaleciendo a finales de esta semana para lo que se prevé que sea el primer huracán de categoría 3 de la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2022. El centro de Fiona llegó a la costa suroeste de Puerto Rico el domingo a las 3:20 PM AST (ET) con vientos máximos sostenidos en superficie de 85 mph.

(CNN) -- Más de 1,4 millones de personas en Puerto Rico quedaron en la oscuridad el domingo cuando el huracán Fiona provocó un corte de energía en toda la ...

El domingo por la noche, el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional también emitió advertencias de inundaciones repentinas en las partes del sur del centro de Puerto Rico. Y todos los esfuerzos de planificación que emprendemos durante esos días de cielos azules se pueden llevar a cabo cuando cae la lluvia". Algunas partes de la isla aún muestran las cicatrices del huracán María, que devastó a Puerto Rico hace casi exactamente cinco años. El proceso se hará "poco a poco", dijo el gobernador Pedro Pierluisi en una publicación de Facebook. Las Islas Turcas y Caicos están bajo advertencia de huracán y el sur de Bahamas está bajo vigilancia de tormenta tropical. Fiona podría llevar un total de hasta 76 centímetros de lluvia a Puerto Rico y hasta 30 centímetros al este y norte de República Dominicana.

The island's electrical grid has been crippled by a series of storms and other woes, including mismanagement.

Demonstrators marched in San Juan, the capital, in one of many [protests](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/puerto-rico-electricity-protest.html) over the years triggered by the island’s electricity problems. [to live through rolling blackouts](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/puerto-rico-electricity-protest.html). [woes and $9 billion in debt](https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-economy-puerto-rico-pedro-pierluisi-c7472f4e779e797b502c95cadb59d124). Puerto Rico is paying the new company a fixed annual fee of $115 million. [Wayne Stensby, LUMA’s chief executive](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/us/puerto-rico-luma-stensby-arrest.html), [blamed the system’s problems](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/puerto-rico-electricity-protest.html) on a backlog of outages, a cyberattack and resistance from some PREPA employees. It hired Whitefish Energy Holdings, a small and inexperienced contractor linked to the Trump administration’s interior secretary at the time, and FEMA called in the Army Corps of Engineers, which had never rebuilt a major grid after a storm, [LUMA Energy](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/us/puerto-rico-luma-stensby-arrest.html), a private Canadian-American consortium, to operate the transmission and distribution system and handle reconstruction. [earmarked about $10 billion](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/puerto-rico-electricity-protest.html) to rebuild the system. On Monday, like a recurring nightmare, [Hurricane Irma ](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/us/irma-puerto-rico-infrastructure.html)and [Hurricane Maria](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/puerto-rico-electricity-protest.html) struck Puerto Rico within weeks of each other, laying bare the tenuous state of the island’s infrastructure. [as a New York Times investigation in 2018 showed](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/06/us/puerto-rico-power-grid-hurricanes.html). [80 percent of the system](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/06/us/puerto-rico-power-grid-hurricanes.html), an intricate network of 2,400 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, some of it threaded along mountains, and 30,000 miles of lower-voltage distribution lines that go to neighborhoods and homes.

One day after Hurricane Fiona made landfall and Puerto Rico sustained an islandwide blackout, emergency response efforts are being slowed by intense ...

[Mercedita International Airport](https://twitter.com/PuertosPR/status/1571825356528812035) remains closed due to flooding. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra, and the north coast of the Dominican Republic and southeastern Bahamas. An islandwide blackout was reported about an hour earlier as the hurricane's [eye neared Puerto Rico](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/181755.shtml)‘s southwestern coast. Most of the nearly 1.5 million power customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity. While government officials said no hurricane-related deaths have been reported as of Monday morning, a 70-year-old man from the town of Hatillo died from fire-related injuries after a generator he was using exploded. [National Hurricane Center.](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/191154.shtml) [resumed operations Monday morning](https://www.facebook.com/AeropuertoSJU/videos/415111860731050) but some airlines have opted to cancel some of their flights in and out of Puerto Rico. [Category 1 hurricane](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/181452.shtml) ravaged Puerto Rico, one in the town of Utuado and another one in Arecibo. [PREPS page](https://www.preps.pr.gov/). Pedro Pierluisi said in “We do need help with first responders,” he said, adding that New York Gov. [Telemundo Puerto Rico ](https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/reportan-persona-arrastrada-por-rio-en-comerio-3/2395048/)reported.

El viento y el agua de Fiona arrancaron el pavimento de las carreteras, arrancaron los tejados y enviaron torrentes a las casas. La tormenta también derribó un ...

El Secretario de Salud, Carlos Mellado, dijo que los equipos se apresuraron a reparar los generadores en el Centro Integral del Cáncer, donde varios pacientes tuvieron que ser evacuados. El viento y el agua de Fiona arrancaron el pavimento de las carreteras, arrancaron los tejados y enviaron torrentes a las casas. Podría acercarse a las Bermudas como un gran huracán a finales del jueves o el viernes, según los pronósticos. El golpe de Fiona fue más devastador porque Puerto Rico aún no se ha recuperado del huracán María, que mató a casi 3.000 personas y destruyó la red eléctrica en 2017. Todavía se espera que la tormenta desate lluvias torrenciales en todo el territorio estadounidense. Se movía hacia el noroeste a 8 mph (13 kph).

Fiona has had such a catastrophic impact partly for reasons that long preceded the storm's landfall. Here are three major ones. The Trump administration ...

[stronger on average globally](https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/3/bams-d-18-0194.1.xml). [extensive relief work](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/20/us/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-housing.html) in the storm’s immediate aftermath, federal funds for longer-term recovery on the island became snarled in [political squabbling in Congress](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/us/politics/puerto-rico-aid.html). FEMA today has twice the number of generators on Puerto Rico, nine times the water, 10 times the meals and eight times the number of tarps compared with 2017, Ms. [Hurricane Fiona](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/19/us/hurricane-fiona-puerto-rico) dropped 30 inches of rain on the mountainous island, causing widespread damage to homes and infrastructure. Higher temperatures are also causing more water to evaporate from the oceans, and warmer air holds more moisture. There might be [slightly fewer](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019GL086930), scientific models predict. President Biden [authorized](https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220918/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-emergency-declaration-puerto-rico) the Federal Emergency Management Agency to mobilize and coordinate aid. [nearly 3,000 people](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-deaths.html?module=inline). Currie said. A large majority of this spending — 81 percent — has gone to emergency relief, such as debris removal, Mr. The Trump administration also [placed restrictions](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/climate/puerto-rico-maria-federal-aid.html) on portions of the island’s aid out of concerns that the money would be mismanaged or squandered. It took [11 months](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/puerto-rico-electricity-power.html) to restore power to all customers in the territory — a stretch, combined with that in the U.S.

Hurricane Fiona slashed Puerto Rico with 85 mph winds and 16 inches of rain, knocking out power to the entire island. Thousands of miles away, Typhoon Merbok ...

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