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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]
July - The precursor to Tropical Storm Bonnie brought significant rainfall to parts of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, leading to widespread flooding. 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 ...
Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) is an oil company in Puerto Rico which owned an oil refinery in Bayamón having a capacity of 48 thousand barrels per day (7.6 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /d). In addition, it operated more than 200 service stations in Puerto Rico under the Gulf brand name .
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 ...
The Category 1 hurricane was 570 miles (915 km) southwest of Bermuda as it headed north, packing winds of 85 miles an hour at daybreak on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...