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Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sept. 19. That's when the Category 1 storm, which wasn’t expected to cause severe damage, triggered flooding, food shortages and a power outage ...
Historic comparisons to Fiona. 1893 San Roque hurricane – a Category 3 hurricane that took a similar track to Fiona. Hurricane Ginny (1963) – a Category 2 hurricane that was previously the most intense storm to hit Nova Scotia. Hurricane Hortense (1996) – a Category 4 hurricane which had a near-identical track, intensity, and impacts to ...
One day after Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico and triggered an island-wide blackout, over 1.3 million remain in the dark with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast to continue Monday.
The National Hurricane Center said Puerto Rico could get 12 to 18 inches of rain, with 30 inches possible in some areas. Pierluisi said the storm dumped 9 to 13 inches of rain in five hours.
After a sleepy start to the Atlantic Hurricane season, Fiona became the sixth named storm of the season. At first a tropical storm, Fiona reached Category 1 hurricane status late last week.
At 8 p.m. EDT Sunday, Fiona was a Category 1 hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) with even higher gusts. The center was 45 miles (70 km) west of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico ...
As of the hurricane center’s 5 a.m. Monday advisory, Fiona was about 15 miles west-southwest of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph with higher gusts.
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