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The 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire, also known as the CAPECO explosion, was a fire that began with an explosion on October 23, 2009, and was extinguished on October 25 at the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) oil refinery and oil depot in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. [1]
Hurricane Ernesto is moving away from Puerto Rico, where schools and offices shut down Wednesday, after the Caribbean island was hit with torrential rain and flooding.. Ernesto was set to pass ...
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]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Tropical Storm Ernesto for Tuesday, Aug. 13. For the latest news on Ernesto as it moves across the Caribbean, view USA TODAY's story on the storm ...
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 ...