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Hurricane-force winds drove this 10-foot (3 m) piece of 2x4 lumber through a palm tree in Puerto Rico during the 1928 Okerchobee hurricane, known in Puerto Rico as the San Felipe II hurricane September 13, 1928 – Okeechobee hurricane , also known as the San Felipe II hurricane, was a major hurricane that made landfall near Guayama as a ...
Flood waters near Patillas, Puerto Rico, destroyed several homes and bridges, causing $1.3 million (2011 USD) in damage. [83] [84] [85] In the surrounding city of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, heavy rainfall flooded and damaged around 150 homes. [83] Many people were forced to relocate after rainfall and mud filled their homes.
Soon after the hurricane struck, Whitefish Energy, a small Montana-based company with only two full-time employees, was awarded a $300 million contract by PREPA, Puerto Rico's state-run power company, to repair Puerto Rico's power grid, a move considered by many to be highly unusual for several reasons. [146]
As of 11 p.m. ET, Ernesto had left Puerto Rico well behind and was 175 miles northeast of Grand Turk island, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was about 690 miles south ...
Fiona is the first hurricane to make landfall on the island since Hurricane Maria, which struck in September 2017 and destroyed Puerto Rico’s power grid. The island started a long road to ...
The Category 1 hurricane was 570 miles (915 km) southwest of Bermuda as it headed north, packing winds of 85 miles an hour at daybreak on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Hurricanes in Puerto Rico" ... Effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico; Hurricane ...
"This a catastrophe we're going through," said Madeline Morales, 62, a saleswoman in San Juan who abandoned her home before the storm hit.