Hurricane Fiona unleashed catastrophic damage and destruction as the deadly storm barreled across the Caribbean.
However, the island’s residents began experiencing the effects of Hurricane Fiona well before the storm’s landfall.According to the FOX Forecast Center, several communities have reported rain totals higher than 2 feet.Ponce also reported a rain total higher than two feet.Other impressive rain totals over the past two days were reported in Beatriz, with 20.12 inches and 18.52 inches in Coamo. showed rescue attempts in areas of the island that had been ravaged by flooding.
FOX Weather multimedia journalist Will Nunley was in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Fiona swirled by to the south and west. Pierluisi said that, so far, 128 shelters have been opened across the island’s 78 municipalities. He said there are currently 2,146 people and more than 250 pets being helped in 113 of those shelters.
Crews have been out in force working to remove debris that has littered roads and highways across the island. Video shows moments leading up to Hurricane Fiona’s landfall in the Dominican Republic and as the storm roared ashore.and made landfall there early Monday morning.
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