Hurricane Fiona continues to wreck havoc as it walloped Turks and Caicos islands Tuesday, having already devastated the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
, according to officials, who say nearly 80% of Puerto Rico is still without power, while in the Dominican Republic over one million people are now without running water.
Puerto Rico’s Governor Pedro Pierluisi said it would take a matter of days for electricity to be restored to the territory, which had barely recovered from the devastation left by Hurricane Maria five years ago. Prior to Fiona’s landfall, President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency, authorizing FEMA to coordinate disaster relief in the US territory.
Hurricane Fiona is the first hurricane to make direct contact on the Dominican Republic since 2004, when Hurricane Jeanne caused considerable damage, according to AccuWeather.
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