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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 .
August 16, 1508 – Hurricane San Roque is considered to be the first recorded hurricane to affect Puerto Rico. Reported by Juan Ponce de León, his caravel left Santo Domingo, but another storm after the preceding storm beached it on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico at Guayanilla. [2] It mainly affected the southwest coast of the island. [3 ...
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were recovering from Wednesday's deluge. At its peak, half of Puerto Rico's utility customers – as many as 730,000 – were in the dark.
By 7 a.m., between 2 and 6 inches of rain had fallen in parts of eastern Puerto Rico, and an additional 2 to 3 inches was projected. ... Ernesto fifth named storm in 2024 hurricane season.
Hurricane Ernesto, which strengthened from a tropical storm overnight, battered Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The storm brought 75 mph winds and up to 10 inches of rain in some areas.
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 ...
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