San Juan, Puerto Rico — A minimum of two persons are lifeless as a lot of Puerto Rico stays with out energy after Hurricane Fiona battered the island for the second straight day with torrential rains and flash flooding.
Alongside Puerto Rico's southern coast, Hurricane Fiona dumped as a lot as 25 inches of rain and introduced winds as much as 91 miles per hour. Brown flood water flowed in all instructions, swallowing every thing in its path in Santa Isabel.
Within the central a part of the island in Utuado, a brand new steel bridge constructed simply 4 years in the past after Hurricane Maria was swept away like a twig. Video confirmed neighbors with a ship and a few rope attempting desperately to avoid wasting a household trapped in excessive water in Cayey.
Catastrophic floods and mudslides downed bushes and energy traces in Toa Baja within the north, the place folks stood on automobiles and on the second story of their houses.
Practically your entire island stays in the dead of night, with 1.3 million folks with out energy and virtually 840,000 with no operating water.
Within the western city of Anasco, Norma Rivera is decided to remain within the place the place she grew up.
"I am not leaving," she stated. "We will make it work even when we received to reside in tents."
Lourdes, a longtime resident who didn't give her final title, rode out the storm. Her group has barely recovered since Hurricane Maria in 2017.
"They labored so onerous for his or her issues," she stated, "and now they're dropping it once more."