“Catastrophic” damage e at least two dead They were caused by Hurricane Fiona, which struck Puerto Rico before making landfall on the Dominican Republic coast and destroyed the island’s power plants. Over a million people were left without power.
Landslides, blocked roads, downed trees and power lines, and a collapsed bridge in the central mountain town of Utuado are part of the destruction, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said. The hurricane also left ca 196,000 people without drinking water.
The US President Joe Biden Puerto Rico’s governor assured that the federal government would send additional personnel and stay with the island for as long as needed.
One dead and 800 displaced in the Dominican Republic
Hurricane Fiona also claimed its first casualty in the Dominican Republic, where high winds killed a man crushed by a fallen tree in the municipality of Nagua in the northern province of María Trinidad Sánchez. This is reported by the Listin Diario newspaper. Meanwhile, the preliminary tally of the hurricane, released by the Emergency Operations Center (COE), puts nearly 800 people displaced, widespread flooding, thousands of homes without power and other damage.
According to Listin Diario, Isidro Quiñones, 65, was killed when he was crushed by a chestnut tree after going onto the patio of his home to fix a zinc panel that was having problems on the roof. Several fallen trees were reported in the same sector, blocking the highway that connects the province to that of Samaná. Meanwhile, Coe reported that a preliminary report said 789 people were displaced from their homes and 54 homes were damaged, mostly in the east and northeast of the country, the areas hardest hit by the hurricane. In addition, more than 11,500 homes powered by electricity company Edesur are without electricity.
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