Hurricane Fiona hit the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday after devastating Puerto Rico. CTV News Ottawa would like to speak with someone who has family living in the path of the storm. Email ottawawebbellmedia.ca for an interview.
Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water.
"Storms are unpredictable," Premier Washington Misick said in a statement from London, where he was attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. "You must therefore take every precaution to ensure your safety."Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and was moving north-northwest at 10 mph , according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, which said the storm is likely to strengthen further into a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches Bermuda on Friday.
Cruz said that 670 people have been rescued in Puerto Rico, including 19 people at a retirement home north mountain town of Cayey that was in danger of collapsing.Some were rescued via kayaks and boats while others nestled into the massive shovel of a digger and were lifted to higher ground."It's human nature," he said. "But when they saw their lives were in danger, they agreed to leave.
Fiona triggered a blackout when it hit Puerto Rico's southwest corner on Sunday, the anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, which slammed into the island in 1989 as a Category 3 storm.
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