Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022. 8:40 am CST.
By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Hurricane Fiona has strengthened to a powerful category 3 hurricane making it the first major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season.
The storm was ‘catastrophic’ for Puerto Rico, officials say.
The island experienced torrential rains and winds that triggered mudslides, flooding and countrywide power outage.
Fiona is likely to become a Category 4 hurricane in the next 72 hours.
As the Hurricane moved over the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico continued to experience rain and flooding.
There have been 2 deaths reported in Puerto Rico and 1 death in the Dominican Republic.
Heavy rainfall and localized life-threatening flash flooding will continue over portions of the Dominican Republic today. Heavy rains around the center of Fiona will impact the Turks and Caicos through this afternoon with continued life-threatening flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted.
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