Puerto Rico under hurricane watch as tropical storm Fiona threatens to batter island

Tropical Storm Fiona is approaching Puerto Rico, threatening to swamp the hurricane-battered island with as much as 20 inches of rain.

In a hurricane warning issued Saturday, the Nationwide Hurricane Heart stated japanese and southern Puerto Rico might see torrential rain, flooding and even mudslides.

“The storm will proceed to strategy by the day in the present day, with circumstances going downhill beginning late this afternoon and this night,” Fox Climate Senior Meteorologist Greg Diamond informed The Put up Saturday. “The height is that this night by Monday noon.”

He defined that winds of fifty to 70 mph will primarily hit the southern portion of the U.S. commonwealth.

The capital, San Juan, “will escape the worst of the wind, besides, they nonetheless might have gusts of fifty plus miles an hour.”

Already, 52,000 residents are with out energy.

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A satellite image from NOAA showing Tropical Storm Fiona in the Caribbean.

The winds from Tropical Storm Fiona will primarily hit the southern portion of the U.S. commonwealth.
A picture of residents attached protective plywood to a window of their home.

The Nationwide Hurricane Heart stated japanese and southern Puerto Rico might see torrential rain, flooding and even mudslides.

“However the greatest situation goes to be the rain. It can start once more later in the present day and it’s going to go just about proper by Monday,” Diamond stated.

The storm already handed by the island of Guadeloupe — which obtained 19.46 inches of rain in 24 hours, Diamond stated. Friday night time, a person was discovered useless in Guadeloupe after heavy rainfall and floodwaters swept his home away.

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