About 1,000 people have been rescued as Puerto Rico faces catastrophic flooding and torrential rains, along with widespread outages
Editor’s Note: In the storm’s path? Bookmark CNN’s lite site for fast connectivity. Even Puerto Ricans who remember the wrath of Hurricane Maria in 2017 say Fiona might be more destructive. “It’s unbelievable,” said Juan Miguel Gonzalez, a business owner in San Juan. “A lot of people – more than Maria – lost their houses now … lost everything in their houses because of the flooding,” Gonzalez told CNN’s Leyla Santiago. “Maria was tough winds.
“Our patients are safe and receiving the medical care they need.” Fiona’s latest path Intense rainfall will continue producing mudslides, landslides and catastrophic flooding across Puerto Rico through Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane slammed the Dominican Republic community of Boca de Yuma early Monday, whipping maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
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