Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico
, causing damage the governor said was “catastrophic.” Many people were left without water service.
Up to 22 inches of rain had fallen in some areas of Puerto Rico and forecasters said another 4 to 8 inches could fall — perhaps up to 15 inches in some places — even as the storm moves away. He said flooding reached “historic levels,” with authorities evacuating or rescuing hundreds of people across the island.The territory’s water agency reported that it had cut domestic service to many areas because of turbulent water or lack of power.
The storm also tore the roofs off homes, including that of Nelson Cirino in the northern coastal town of Loiza. Fiona hit Puerto Rico on the anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, which slammed into the island in 1989 as a Category 3 storm, and two days before the anniversary ofThat hurricane caused nearly 3,000 deaths and destroyed the power grid. Five years later, more than 3,000 homes still have only a blue tarp as a roof.
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