Hurricane Fiona knocked out power to all of Puerto Rico, leaving millions without electricity. It could take days to fully restore, officials say.
Nelson Cirino secures the windows of his home as the winds of Hurricane Fiona blow in Loiza, Puerto Rico, on Sunday.Nelson Cirino secures the windows of his home as the winds of Hurricane Fiona blow in Loiza, Puerto Rico, on Sunday.The entire island of Puerto Rico was without power on Sunday afternoon as an intensifying hurricane neared. The Category 1 hurricane known as Fiona is poised to produce dangerous landslides and heavy flooding in an already storm-battered island.
As of Sunday afternoon, the storm was centered 25 miles southwest of Ponce, a city on Puerto Rico's southern coast, according to the. It had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and was moving west-northwest at 8 mph. Fiona is expected to trigger 12 to 16 inches of rainfall in Puerto Rico but up to 25 inches across the island's eastern and southern regions.
More than 1,400,000 customers have lost electricity due to a transmission grid failure from the current hurricane, according to utility companies' reports tracked byLuma Energy, the island's private electric utility, says full restoration of power service on Puerto Rico"could take several days."that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Luma Energy responders"are active and ready to respond to the situation once conditions allow.
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