More than a million residents of the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico are still without power after Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc there on Monday. Two deaths have been reported on the island, where the hurricane caused flooding and landslides, writes CNN. Puerto Rican authorities hope electricity supplies will be restored on Wednesday. Further recovery of the local infrastructure is hampered by high water levels. The United States already declared a state of emergency on Monday to provide more aid.
Fiona has also caused heavy damage elsewhere in the Caribbean. In the Dominican Republic, where wind speeds of 140 kilometers per hour were recorded, two people were killed by the storm. More than a million people are still without running water. Last week, Hurricane Fiona, the first severe storm of this hurricane season, already killed one in Guadeloupe.
The next Caribbean islands to be hit by Fiona on Tuesday are the Turks and Caicos Islands, where very severe flooding is said to have occurred. No casualties have yet been reported on the island groups, which belong to the British Overseas Territory. Fiona has since been scaled up to a category third hurricane, which means that wind gusts of over 200 kilometers per hour can occur that can cause significant damage to homes and infrastructure.