JUST IN: Mudslides are expected across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as the storm intensifies.
The 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center showed maximum sustained winds have increased to near 80 mph with higher gusts.
NHC said Fiona is moving toward the west-northwest near 8 mph and a northwestward motion is expected to begin later today and continue through Monday, followed by a turn toward the north-northwest on Tuesday. On the forecast track, the center of Fiona will approach Puerto Rico Sunday morning, and move near or over Puerto Rico this afternoon or evening. Fiona will then move near the northern coast of the Dominican Republic tonight and Monday, and near or to the east of the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday.
Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours while Fiona moves near Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and over the southwestern Atlantic. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles and hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles from the center. A weather station at Las Mareas, Puerto Rico, recently reported sustained winds of 62 mph with a gust to 75 mph.
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