Hurricane Fiona, which flooded Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, could intensify to a category 4 storm by tomorrow, the National Hurricane Center says.
The intensifying storm kept dropping copious rain over the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where a 58-year-old man died after police said he was swept away by a river in a central mountain town.
Hurricane Fiona rapidly intensified overnight and became the first major hurricane of the 2022 season as it rains down torrential conditions to the Turks and Caicos, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning.
A strengthening Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as it threatened to strengthen into a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Hurricane Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island, and National Guard troops rescued hundreds of people who got stranded.