The eye of newly formed Hurricane Fiona neared the coast of Puerto Rico on Sunday and has left hundreds of thousands without power and is threatening to dump 'historic' levels of rain.
Forecasters said the downpour was expected to produce landslides and catastrophic flooding, with up to 25 inches possible in isolated areas.
He said the atmosphere was gloomy at the supermarket as he and others stocked up before the storm hit.The storm was forecast to pummel cities and towns along Puerto Rico's southern coast that have not yet fully recovered from a string of strong earthquakes that hit the region starting in late 2019. In the southwest town of El Combate, which is in the storm's path, hotel co-owner Tomás Rivera said he was prepared but worried about the"enormous" amount of rain he expected. He noted that a nearby wildlife refuge was eerily quiet.
It's a sentiment shared by 70-year-old Ana Córdova, who arrived Saturday at a shelter in the north coastal town of Loiza after buying loads of food and water. Fiona was predicted to drop 12 to 16 inches of rain over eastern and southern Puerto Rico, with as much as 25 inches in isolated spots. Morales noted that Hurricane Maria in 2017 had unleashed 40 inches.
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