Fiona nears Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

Fiona nears Dominican Republic following pounding Puerto Rico

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona bore down on the Dominican Republic Monday following knocking not here the ability grid with every one other accompanied by unleashing floods with every one other accompanied by landslides inside Puerto Rico, where the manager said the harm was "catastrophic."

No deaths have been reported, nevertheless authorities inside the U.S. territory said it was excessively early to roughly calculate the harm from a tempest that was still forecast to unleash torrential rainfall across Puerto Rico on Monday.

Up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) was forecast for Puerto Rico's eastern with every one other accompanied by southern regions.

"It's important people comprehend that this is not over," said Ernesto Morales, a meteorologist accompanied by the National Weather Service inside San Juan.

He said flooding has reached "historic levels," accompanied by authorities evacuating or rescuing hundreds of people across the island.

"The damages that we are seeing are catastrophic," said Gov. Pedro Pierluisi.

Brown aqua rushed into and not here of streets, into homes with every one other accompanied by flat consumed a runway airfield inside southern Puerto Rico.

Fiona too ripped up asphalt from roads with every one other accompanied by washed away a bridge inside the centre peak town of Utuado that police speak was installed by the National Guard following Hurricane Maria hit inside 2017 while a Category 4 storm.

The tempest too ripped off the roofs of some homes, including that of Nelson Cirino inside the northern coastal town of Loiza.

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"I was sleeping with every one other accompanied by saw when the corrugated metal flew off," he said while he observed how the rainfall drenched his belonging.

Ada Vivian Román, a 21-year-old photography student, said the tempest knocked down trees with every one other accompanied by fences inside her hometown of Toa Alta.

"I'm actually extremely worried since it's a really slow-moving hurricane," she said.

She said she is too worried concerning whether the condition transportation she relies on to obtain to her position of employment at a condition relations agency will exist operating by the hour dated she has to go spine to the office.

"But I know that I'm privileged compared accompanied by other families who are practically losing their homes since they are under water," she said.

Fiona was centered 50 miles (85 kilometers) southeast of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic accompanied by greatest sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) on Sunday night, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It was moving to the northwest at 9 mph (15 kph).

It hit on the anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, which slammed into the island inside 1989 while a Category 3 storm.

As authorities carry on accompanied by to assess the harm from Fiona, numerous wondered when ability would exist restored.

"That's inside all likelihood the worst harm there is," said Tomás Rivera, who co-owns a innmotel inside the southwest coastal town of El Combate.

U.S. President Joe Biden declared a condition of crisis inside the U.S. territory while the eye of the tempest approached the island's southwest corner.

The blackout that Hurricane Maria caused was blamed for the deaths of almost 3,000 people inside the storm's sweltering aftermath, accompanied by ability inside some neighborhoods not restored until a year later. Maria was a devastating Category 4 tempest that struck on Sept. 20, 2017.

Luma, the firm that operates ability transmission with every one other accompanied by distribution, said bad weather, including winds of 80 mph, had disrupted transmission lines on Sunday, leading to "a blackout on all the island."

Health centers were running on generators — with every one other accompanied by some of those had failed. Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said crews rushed to repair generators at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, where some patients had to exist evacuated.

More than 3,000 homes still have only a blue tarp while a roof, with every one other accompanied by infrastructure remains weak, including the ability grid. Outages carry on accompanied by to exist common, with every one other accompanied by reconstruction started only recently.

"I believe all of us Puerto Ricans who lived into and not here of Maria have that post-traumatic stress of, 'What is going to happen, how lengthy is it going to last with every one other accompanied by what needs strength we face?'" said Danny Hernández, who works inside the first city of San Juan nevertheless planned to weather the tempest accompanied by his parents with every one other accompanied by family inside the western town of Mayaguez.

The tempest pummeled cities with every one other accompanied by towns down Puerto Rico's southern seaboard that have not yet completely recovered from a twine of strong earthquakes starting inside late 2019.

More than 1,000 people accompanied by some 80 pets had sought protection across the island by Sunday night, the majority of them inside the southern coast.

Fiona was forecast to swipe the Dominican Republic early Monday with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated northern Haiti with every one other accompanied by the Turks with every one other accompanied by Caicos Islands accompanied by the threat of heavy rain. It could threaten the a lengthy way southern extremity of the Bahamas on Tuesday.

Hurricane warnings were posted for the Dominican Republic's eastern seaboard from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo, with every one other accompanied by for the Turks with every one other accompanied by Caicos.

Fiona formerly battered the eastern Caribbean, killing one male inside the French territory of Guadeloupe when floods washed his place of residence away, officials said.

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One house inside Nome floated down a watercourse until it got caught under a bridge.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Many homes were flooded with every one other accompanied by concerning 450 residents on the western seaboard sought refuge inside shelters, accompanied by additional than fifty per cent of of them at a educational organization inside Hooper Bay, where they ate processed moose donated by village residents. Others rode not here the tempest on higher ground external outside their communities.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>It was a massive tempest system — large sufficient to cover the mainland U.S. from the Pacific Ocean to Nebraska with every one other accompanied by from Canada to Texas. It influenced weather systems while a lengthy way away while California, where a infrequent late-summer tempest dropped rainfall on the northern small portion of the state, offering a measure of reassurance to wildfire crews nevertheless too complicating blaze suppression efforts since of mire with every one other accompanied by loosened earth.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:565230234083' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='5d751269283324670dbd9adc07d38f53'>Hub peek embed (Floods) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>The storm's crashing waves \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/floods-storms-weather-patterns-typhoons-438fe387b3e5c8047bf052fb13756d8b\">caused widespread flooding with every one other accompanied by damage\u003c/a> down 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) of the Alaska coastline, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>There have been no indeed reports of injuries, deaths or lost people inside Alaska, the manager said throughout a Sunday report conference. A child reported lost Saturday was subsequent found, he said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Dunleavy said roads are damaged with every one other accompanied by condition officials are assessing potential harm to seawalls, aqua with every one other accompanied by sewage systems, airports, with every one other accompanied by ports. He identified five communities — Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Golovin, Newtok with every one other accompanied by Nome — while actuality greatly impacted by a amalgamation of high water, flooding, erosion with every one other accompanied by electrical issues inside either the towns or their airports. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Emergency management with every one other accompanied by American Red Cross personnel will deploy to those communities while in a short time while Monday, while Alaska National Guard members will exist sent to Nome, Bethel with every one other accompanied by Hooper Bay to assist residents. Red Cross volunteers from the Lower 48 will too behaviour needs assessments for food, aqua with every one other accompanied by protection inside other flooded villages.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The tempest caused Nome's highest aqua flat since 1974 — 11.1 feet (3.38 meters) above the normal tide — with every one other accompanied by other communities may have surpassed levels seen inside 48 years ago. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"One of the large features of this tempest was the wide swath of significant damage," said Rick Thoman, a climate expert accompanied by the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"So, did it exist up to the hype? I would speak absolutely," he said of the storm.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Becca Luce with every one other accompanied by her family exist concerning a fifty per cent of mile from the Bering Sea seaboard inside Nome.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"We have a attractive good view of the ocean from our living room," she said. "We could see the waves crashing from our window with every one other accompanied by going over the road."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Nome itself was inundated, including Front Street, the city's main work thoroughfare that too doubles while the complete dash for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.\u003c/p>\u003cp>One downtown restaurant, the Bering Sea Bar with every one other accompanied by Grill, was destroyed by blaze Saturday night, nevertheless the source with every one other accompanied by whether it was related to the tempest is not yet known, said interim city executive Bryant Hammond. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The receding aqua revealed the detritus left-hand inside streets with every one other accompanied by yards, including trash, logs with every one other accompanied by other living debris, rocks, with every one other accompanied by asphalt, Hammond said. Part of a main highway was washed not here inside Nome, forcing residents to use a bypass to stretch not here the population of Council, adding up to 15 miles (24 kilometers) to the 72-mile (116-kilometer) trip, he said.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"Another greatest be about is that freeze-up is near, with every one other accompanied by all of this harm to the roads will need to exist repaired earlier to the month ends," Luce said, using the local word for the onset of winter, which is inside October inside numerous parts of Alaska. "And it's firm to speak if that will exist possible, mainly for the faraway village villages lacking while numerous resources while Nome has."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Dunleavy, who issued a condition catastrophe declaration Saturday with every one other accompanied by is considering seeking a confederate catastrophe declaration, said Alaska officials intend to obtain communities up with every one other accompanied by running on one occasion additional while in a short time while possible.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"We fair have to build an feeling on upon our confederate friends that it's not a Florida circumstances where we've got months to labour on this," he said. "We've got some weeks.\"\u003c/p>\u003cp>The rainfall inside Northern California helped firefighters grow containment on the biggest wildfire inside the condition so a lengthy way this year. The Mosquito Fire inside the Sierra Nevada foothills northeast of Sacramento was 34% contained following downpours early Sunday. More rainfall was expected, which blaze spokesperson Scott McLean called a mixed blessing.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"It did assist a small portion to stifle that aggressive fire," McLean said. "But we're going to have new safety issues now accompanied by all the mire that's not here there. And the ground moisture could source some of those damaged trees to let fall over."\u003c/p>\u003cp>An signify of a quarter-inch (2 centimeters) of rainfall fell overnight across Marin, Napa with every one other accompanied by Sonoma counties northern of San Francisco, accompanied by additional than dual that amount recorded inside some peak areas, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Winds gusting up to 40 mph (64 kph) were forecast Sunday down Northern California coastal areas with every one other accompanied by at higher elevations inside the Sierra Nevada. Gusts that strong tin blow down branches with every one other accompanied by drought-stressed trees with every one other accompanied by source ability outages, warned weather work meteorologist Ryan Walbrun. He said thunderstorms were expected on with every one other accompanied by off until at least Monday.\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Weber reported from Los Angeles. 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Officials had warned some places could see their worst flooding inside 50 years with every one other accompanied by that the high waters could lay clasp of up to 14 hours to recede.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a catastrophe declaration throughout the day.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>The almost 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) tempest front has damaged roads with every one other accompanied by potentially other infrastructure, Dunleavy said at a Saturday evening report conference. Officials will assess some effects on aqua with every one other accompanied by sewer systems, seawalls, fuel storage areas, airports, with every one other accompanied by ports.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives were by that hour dated inside Alaska earlier to the storm, with every one other accompanied by Dunleavy said they will remain to assist assess damage.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:565230234083' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='438fe387b3e5c8047bf052fb13756d8b'>Hub peek embed (Floods) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>"Our goal is to obtain the assessments done while in a short time while possible," he said. 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Winds inside the village gusted over 60 mph (95 kph) with every one other accompanied by the aqua rose 11 feet (3.3 meters) above the normal high tide dash with every one other accompanied by was expected to rise another 2 feet (60 centimeters) Saturday earlier to cresting.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Most of the foot small portion of the population is all flooded accompanied by structures with every one other accompanied by buildings inundated," said Ed Plumb, a meteorologist accompanied by the National Weather Service inside Fairbanks.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Clarabelle Lewis, the facility executive for the tribal government, the Chinik Eskimo Community, was among those who sought refuge on the high ground overlooking Golovin. She with every one other accompanied by others were riding not here the tempest inside the tribal office following securing items at their homes from the high winds with every one other accompanied by helping neighbors do the same. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"The winds were howling; it was noisy," she said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Most communities experienced wind gusts ranging from 41 mph (66 kph) to 67 mph (108 kph), nevertheless Cape Romanzof had summit winds of 91 mph (146 kph), the weather work said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Lewis has never experienced a tempest exist fond of this inside 20 years living inside Golovin.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"We've had flooding inside the past a few times, nevertheless it was never this severe," she said. "We've never had homes moved from their foundations."\u003c/p>\u003cp>There were too reports of flooding inside Hooper Bay, St. Michael's, Unalakleet with every one other accompanied by Shaktoolik, where waves crashed over the berm inside front of the community, Plumb said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In Hooper Bay, additional than 250 people took protection inside the school, Bethel condition radio stopping place KYUK reported. The village is one of the largest down the seaboard accompanied by almost 1,400 residents.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>The school's vice principal, Brittany Taraba, said trio homes were knocked off their foundations with every one other accompanied by large parts of the village were flooded.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Residents are supporting every one other, including donating not long ago caught with every one other accompanied by processed moose to feed those sheltering at the school.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"It's really amazing to watch this community," Taraba told KYUK.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Plumb said the tempest would track into and not here of the Bering Strait on Saturday with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated head into the Chukchi Sea. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"And at that hour dated it's going to sort of park with every one other accompanied by weaken fair the occident of Point Hope," he said of the population on Alaska's northwest coast.\u003c/p>\u003cp>He said there would exist high aqua inside the vicinity of the northern Bering Sea into and not here of Saturday darkness earlier to levels start to subside into and not here of Sunday. 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