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Evacuation orders were issued in Puerto Rico in advance of Maria, and officials announced that 450 shelters would open in the afternoon of September 18. [13] As of September 19, at least 2,000 people in Puerto Rico had sought shelter. [14] Hospitals had emergency preparedness protocols in place to ensure safe staffing levels during the storm.
In Puerto Rico, the highest rainfall total was 2.4 inches (61 mm) in Rio Piedras. [5] August 22–23 – Tropical Storm Dean dropped heavy rainfall across Puerto Rico, peaking at 12.7 inches (322 mm) in Salinas. The passage of Dean resulted in widespread flooding in eastern and southern Puerto Rico, collapsing two bridges and one road.
The floods shut down 11 water filtration plants and 13 sewage treatment plants, which left 16 municipalities temporarily without water. [11] Across Puerto Rico, the floods damaged 1,700 houses and destroyed another 1,300. [6] About 50,000 people had to leave their houses for shelter across Puerto Rico.
On Sunday afternoon, Fiona elevated its status from a tropical storm to a hurricane. Since then, Hurricane Fiona has left millions without power and an island flooding.
1970 – Caribbean–Azores hurricane struck Puerto Rico as a tropical depression, it was the wettest tropical cyclone on record to affect Puerto Rico. [90] The depression left 10,000 people homeless across Puerto Rico, [91] with 3,000 housed in emergency shelters in San Juan. [92] At least 600 houses were destroyed and another 1,000 damaged. [93]
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Puerto Rico is a major manufacturer of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, which represent 30% of its economy. [197] These factories shut down or greatly reduced production because of the hurricane, and were slowly recovering since. [198] This caused a months long shortage in medical supplies in the United States, especially of IV bags.