The storm hit as a Category 1.
Hurricane Fiona struck the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic on Monday after the Category 1 storm had caused widespread flooding, landslides and a territory-wide blackout in Puerto Rico the day before.
The storm slammed into the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico at about 3:20 p.m. local time on Sunday, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 85 mph . The NHC predicted that the storm would dump some 12 to 18 inches of rain onto the island, with select areas in eastern and southern Puerto Rico getting up to 30 inches .
By Monday morning, Luma had restored power to about 100,000 customers, The New York Times reported . But"given the size and scope of the outage, as well as ongoing impacts of Hurricane Fiona, full power restoration could take several days," the Luma website reads.
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