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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Sep 19, 2022, 01:10 PM Sep 2022

Almost all of Puerto Rico still without power as Hurricane Fiona lashes island

Source: USA Today

Hurricane Fiona smashed through Puerto Rico early Monday with pounding rain and winds that triggered mudslides, flooding and a power outage that swept across the entire island.

More than 1,000 water rescues were performed and more were underway, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said. Even as the storm made landfall Monday in the Dominican Republic, it continued to slam Puerto Rico with unrelenting rains.

The National Weather Service in San Juan urged residents to move to higher ground "immediately."

"Heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding continues across much of Puerto Rico," said Richard Pasch, a specialist with the National Hurricane Center.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/almost-all-of-puerto-rico-still-without-power-as-hurricane-fiona-lashes-island-updates/ar-AA11ZKqH

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Almost all of Puerto Rico still without power as Hurricane Fiona lashes island (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 OP
Maybe Biden could get Trump DENVERPOPS Sep 2022 #1
Strengthen to a major when it goes back over water and aiming for Bermuda with a direct hit OnlinePoker Sep 2022 #2
My In-Laws Deep State Witch Sep 2022 #3

DENVERPOPS

(8,844 posts)
1. Maybe Biden could get Trump
Mon Sep 19, 2022, 01:43 PM
Sep 2022

to go down there, and toss out a few rolls of paper towels like he did five years ago......

Deep State Witch

(10,450 posts)
3. My In-Laws
Mon Sep 19, 2022, 03:48 PM
Sep 2022

Are stuck in Punta Cana in the DR right now riding it out. My SIL is such a b*tch that she's probably scaring the hurricane away northward!

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