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How climate change is fueling hurricanes

After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico and then battered the Dominican Republic, leaving more than 1 million people without running water or power.

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Puerto Rico power grid no match for Fiona; residents unsurprised

Some 80% of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico still lacked power on Tuesday as rains from Hurricane Fiona receded, leaving residents complaining that the island's troubled electrical grid was still a mess before the storm, despite billions of dollars in funding to improve it.

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Fiona barrels toward Turks and Caicos as a Category 3 hurricane

The intensifying storm kept dropping copious rain over the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where a 58-year-old man died after police said he was swept away by a river in a central mountain town.

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How to help people in Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Fiona

Several organizations are asking for assistance in helping those impacted by Hurricane Fiona.

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Puerto Rico has lost more than power. The vast majority of people have no clean water

More than 760,000 customers have been left with no access to clean running water since Hurricane Fiona struck the island on Sunday.

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Hurricane Fiona slams Turks and Caicos as Category 3 storm, heads for Bermuda

Hurricane Fiona slammed into the Turks and Caicos Islands as a powerful Category 3 storm on Tuesday, dumping heavy rains and triggering floods on the Caribbean archipelago after cutting a path of destruction through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

Reuters

Strengthening Fiona barrels toward Turks and Caicos Islands

Hurricane Fiona is barreling toward the Turks and Caicos Islands as it threatens to strengthen into a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew

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Category 2 Hurricane Fiona to be season's first major hurricane in Atlantic

Fiona is strengthening as it continues to unleash heavy rainfall on Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the Carribbean.

Axios

NY to send troopers to Puerto Rico, drones to Dominican Republic for Fiona recovery

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that New York would send drones to the Dominican Republic and more than 100 state troopers to Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona’s driving winds and rains crushed the Caribbean.

Tribune News Service

Hurricane Fiona exposes Puerto Rico’s failure to fix frail power grid

When Hurricane Fiona lashed Puerto Rico Sunday, it left at least one dead, washed out bridges and roads, ripped off roofs and sent more than 2,100 people scrambling to emergency shelters. It also laid bare, once again, just how sickly the island’s power infrastructure is.

Tribune News Service

The View co-host Ana Navarro criticises coverage of the Queen’s funeral amid Hurricane Fiona

The tropical storm has left millions of residents in Puerto Rico without power

The Independent UK

Exhiben en Chicago obras de arte raramente vistas de un museo de Puerto Rico

Titulada “Nostalgia por mi isla: Pintura puertorriqueña del Museo de Arte de Ponce, 1786- 1962”, es la primera muestra del museo puertorriqueño que viaja fuera de la isla y muchas de sus 21 obras nunca se han visto en Estados Unidos.

Chicago Sun-Times

Shutdown ordered as Turks and Caicos Islands brace for Hurricane Fiona

As an already catastrophic Hurricane Fiona set its sights on the Turks and Caicos Islands after making landfall in the Dominican Republic and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the government of the British territory just south of Florida issued shutdown orders for three of its low-lying islands.

Miami Herald

Hurricane Fiona nears Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

Fiona knocked out a power grid and unleashed floods and landslides in Puerto Rico, where the governor said the damage was “catastrophic”

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Miami Herald

Hurricane Fiona left 1 dead in Puerto Rico, governor says, as heavy rains and flooding continue

Hurricane Fiona left at least one dead and millions without power in Puerto Rico, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said Monday afternoon, warning that the storm, which poured more than 30 inches of rain in some areas, will continue to soak the island the rest of the day.

Miami Herald

Already flooded, Puerto Rico awaits intense rains and floods in aftermath of Hurricane Fiona

Hurricane Fiona is expected to continue dumping water in Puerto Rico on Monday, exacerbating flooding in communities catastrophically devastated by the storm.

The Guardian - US

Puerto Rico battles blackout and lack of safe water in wake of Hurricane Fiona

Floods and rain wreak havoc as critics say total blackout shows authorities have learnt nothing since 2017 hurricanes

Irish Mirror

Hurricane Fiona causes 'catastrophic' damage in Puerto Rico - is it on the way to Ireland?

President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency over the storm on Sunday after power was knocked out across Puerto Rico.

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Liverpool Echo

TUI, Air France and others cancel flights to and from popular tourist destination

Flights have been unable to take off due to extreme weather conditions

WEKU

Battered by Hurricane Fiona, this is what a blackout looks like across Puerto Rico

The governor of Puerto Rico says it will likely take days to fully restore the electricity on the island — but that's contingent upon how much damage the storm inflicted on the power grid.

Miami Herald

Where is Hurricane Fiona now? How strong is it and where is the storm going?

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic Monday morning and is battering parts of the island with wind and heavy rain.

Reuters

Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; three dead

Hurricane Fiona was churning north on Monday night after bringing torrential rain and powerful winds to the Dominican Republic and a total power outage in neighboring Puerto Rico, killing at least three.

The Independent UK

Hurricane Fiona - news: Storm landfall in Dominican Republic as 1,000 stranded and power out in Puerto Rico

Officials say it could take several days for full power resoration - follow for the latest updates

Evening Standard

Electricity blackout as Hurricane Fiona rips through Puerto Rico

The storm has caused “catastrophic” flooding in the US territory

Daily Mirror

Hurricane Fiona slams Puerto Rico as footage shows entire BRIDGE being washed away

Footage shows a metal bridge being dragged along in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona causes complete chaos on the island - with homes being left without power, and one life taken

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