Authorities in the Dominican Republic prepared to shut down the country on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Franklin took aim at the island of Hispaniola that it shares with Haiti and threatened to unleash landslides and heavy floods. The storm on Tuesday morning was located about 260 miles (420 kilometers) south of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and was moving west at 3 mph (5 kph).
The Dominican Republic raised possible flood warnings for all but eight of its 31 provinces Tuesday, as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Franklin began pounding the island of Hispaniola, flooding some communities.
assessment trying to figure out exactly what the impacts are from hurricane fiona. layla santiago, cnn, san juan, puerto rico. and meadteorologist pedram javaheri joins me next. the storm system you take a look at the damage that s been left in place certainly an incredible storm here given it s only a category 1, very well organized, symmetrical and producing an incredible amount of rainfall. made landfall around 3:30 p.m. local time across the southwestern area of puerto rico, approaching the areas of the island of hispaniola. and 100% of the island, well over 300 people without power at this hour. and you ll notice the storm system has lost little steam since it made landfall.
we had little interaction with the landfall point, quite a bit of moisture on this producing rainfall amountsing producing 15, 20 inches and nearly the entirety of puerto rico under neath flood alerts at this hour given how much rainfall has come down. you ll notice models suggesting another 5 to 8 inches in a few spots and total amounts exceeding here. we do expect to the lesser extent of the interaction here to be on the eastern side because quite a bit of mountains on western side of the island, the storm made a sharp right turn. we do expect this to intensify to a major hurricane within the next 24 to 48 hours. eventually on later on towards the latter half of the week parts of bermuda could be on alert in advance of the storm system. you ll notice the environment in which the u.s., at least the