L’Hurricane Fiona it brings heavy rain to the Dominican Republicwhere he ended up this morning Winds at 150 kilometers per hour and even stronger gusts. The rains are being registered mostly in the east and north-east of the country, where there have been reports of damage, flooding, blocked roads, downed trees and light poles, and power outages, information site Listin Diario reports. fiona is the first hurricane to hit the Dominican Republic since the mighty Ivan in 2004. That reported engineer Francisco Holgun from the national meteorological agency Onamet take a shower related to the hurricane could last until Thursday. In the Bavarò district to the east, some places remained isolated, Mayor Manolin Ramirez said. In addition, at least 26 houses were torn down from the roofs, the windows of the town hall were smashed and the citizens were evacuated to various emergency shelters. According to forecasts, the rainfall in the Dominican Republic they will be between 100 and 300 millimeters, although in some places they could be higher, reaching around 450 millimeters. Given this situation, the alert for urban flooding, river flooding and landslides is maintained. Fiona arrived in the Dominican Republic yesterday after hitting Puerto Rico, causing “catastrophic” damage and a general blackout.
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Catastrophic damage in several areas in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Fiona that hit Puerto Rico, before touching land on the Dominican Republic coast, it disabled the island’s power plants and caused damage that was defined as “catastrophic”. 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 at a news conference. In Puerto Rico, the entire territory of more than three million people went without power as the hurricane approached. The island’s electricity company said on its website today that it had “started up some circuits” but gave no figures on the number of people receiving electricity. The Hurricane Center downgraded Fiona to a tropical storm in Puerto Rico, but warned sudden rains and flooding could continue to hit the island. The hurricane also left an estimated 196,000 people without drinking water due to power outages and river flooding, officials said. The hurricane made landfall in Puerto Rico Sunday afternoon as a Category 1 hurricane