US - Puerto Rico suffers total blackout as Hurricane Fiona brings threat of flooding, mudslides - September 18, 2022

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Puerto Rico suffers total blackout as Hurricane Fiona brings threat of flooding, mudslides


Updated 2:44 PM EDT, Sun September 18, 2022

Power has gone out across all of the US territory of Puerto Rico on Sunday, according to PowerOutage.us, as Hurricane Fiona bears down on the islands, which are already grappling with the threat of flooding and mudslides stemming from the Category 1 storm.

“Puerto Rico is 100% without power due to a transmission grid failure from Hurricane Fiona,” the website said.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi confirmed the outage in a tweet, noting the entire electric system was out of service and officials have activated the proper protocols to work to restore power.


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https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/18/weather/tropical-storm-fiona-sunday/index.html

 

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Hurricane #Fiona Advisory 18A: Center of Fiona Heading For the Eastern Dominican Republic. Heavy Rainfall and Catastrophic Flooding Continues Across Much Of Puerto Rico. http://hurricanes.gov
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FEMA chief discusses Hurricane Fiona recovery efforts in Puerto Rico

Hurricane Fiona knocked out power to nearly all of Puerto Rico Sunday and Monday, and left a large portion of the island without safe drinking water. Deanne Criswell, administrator for FEMA, joined John Dickerson to discuss the agency's recovery efforts.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fema-...hurricane-fiona-recovery-efforts-puerto-rico/

 

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Many across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic still have no power or running water as Hurricane Fiona churns toward Bermuda


By Aya Elamroussi, CNN
Updated 12:21 PM EDT, Thu September 22, 2022

More than a million people in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are waking up without power or running water again Thursday as crews work to repair critical utilities disabled by Hurricane Fiona – now a Category 4 monster heading toward Bermuda.

The first major hurricane of this year’s Atlantic season has killed at least five people across the Caribbean: one in Guadeloupe, two in Puerto Rico and two in the Dominican Republic.

TRACKING FIONA

“This was something incredible that we’ve never seen before,” Ramona Santana in Higüey, Dominican Republic, told CNN en Español. “We’re in the streets with nothing, no food, no shoes, clothes, just what’s on your back. … We don’t have anything. We have God, and the hope help will come.”

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/weat...o-rico-dominican-republic-thursday/index.html

 

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Puerto Rico was still recovering from Maria when Fiona hit. Now, many fear the long road ahead

September 25, 20227:54 AM ET

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https://www.npr.org/2022/09/25/1124974174/puerto-rico-s-long-slow-recovery