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A hurricane watch is in place for the British Virgin Islands, while a tropical storm watch is in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra — all of which are popular ...
July 30–31 - In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Isaias caused about 448,000 people and 23 hospitals to lose power and about 150,000 people lost water service due to electric blackouts and blocked intakes. [ 127 ] [ 128 ] In Jayuya, a town in the center of Puerto Rico experienced substantial effects including the loss of its 1.5 million dollar hot air ...
Hurricane Ernesto was a moderately strong Atlantic hurricane that caused significant flooding in Puerto Rico before striking Bermuda as a hurricane. The fifth named storm and third hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season , Ernesto developed from a tropical wave east of the Leeward Islands .
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
Puerto Rico is bracing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Ernesto, which could dump as much as 10 inches of rain in some parts of the disaster-stricken American territory this week.
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 ...
In 2017, Hurricane Maria caused widespread death and damage to Puerto Rico. That, a Category 5 storm, claimed more than 2,975 lives and led to a nearly 11-month effort to restore electric service ...
Puerto Rico's power grid was wiped out in 2017 by Hurricane Maria, which slammed the island as a strong Category 4 storm. "The government today is much better prepared," said Juan Saca, president ...