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Fiona may produce 12 to 18 inches of rain in Puerto Rico, according to the National Hurricane Center. That figure may reach 30 inches in the southern and eastern regions. That figure may reach 30 ...
Hurricane Fiona causes ‘catastrophic’ damage, island-wide power outage in Puerto Rico Syra Ortiz Blanes, Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Jacqueline Charles, David J. Neal September 18, 2022 at 11:25 AM
A wrecked car sits in the San Jose de Toa Baja neighborhood on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2022 after it was flooded when the river Rio de la Plata overflowed as Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico.
In Puerto Rico, one person drowned after being caught in a swollen river. [55] [56] August 30–31 - Heavy rains from Hurricane Earl began to affect Puerto Rico as Hurricane Earl moved closer to the island. [57] Throughout the island, a maximum of 5.19 in (132 mm) of rain fell near Naguabo. [58]
March 15 – Puerto Rican government-debt crisis: Puerto Rico exits out of bankruptcy after completing the largest public debt restructuring in U.S. history. [2] April 7 – Around two million people in Puerto Rico are left without electricity after a fire occurs at one of the island's largest power plants.
Hurricane Earl was a large, long-lived Category 2 hurricane that brought heavy rain to Puerto Rico and Newfoundland in September 2022 despite remaining mostly out to sea. The fifth named storm and second hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season , Earl originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on August 25.
The National Hurricane Center said Puerto Rico could get 12 to 18 inches of rain, with 30 inches possible in some areas. Pierluisi said the storm dumped 9 to 13 inches of rain in five hours.
At 8 p.m. EDT Sunday, Fiona was a Category 1 hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) with even higher gusts. The center was 45 miles (70 km) west of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico ...