floods through "fiona" in the Dominican Republic pulso24

Hurricane Fiona caused street flooding and power outages in the Dominican Republic on Monday. Authorities have imposed red alert for 16 of the Caribbean state’s 32 provinces. According to the US Hurricane Center NHC, the hurricane reached wind speeds of up to 155 kilometers per hour. In the tourist city of Punta Cana, several roads were blocked by fallen trees or poles and power went out, an AFP journalist reported.

“Fiona” made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon with winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour. The power grid has collapsed on the Caribbean island of more than three million people. According to Governor Pedro Pierluisi, power was restored to about 100,000 people on Monday.

A man suffered fatal burns while trying to fuel his generator because of the power outage. About 196,000 people were temporarily cut off from their drinking water supply due to power outages and flooding. Downed power poles and trees blocked roads and a bridge collapsed in the city of Utuado.