Fiona has strengthened into a hurricane as Puerto Ricans brace for severe wind and torrential rain, with the storm forecast to strike the U.S. territory’s southwest coast. Forecasters say “historic”
Anxiety ran high across the island with Fiona due just two days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a devastating Category 4 storm that hit in 2017 and caused nearly 3,000 deaths.
Fiona strengthened from a tropical storm into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains.
Hurricane Fiona, the third Atlantic hurricane of the season, is threatening the island days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a deadly Category 4 that hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017.