"Fiona" enhances the 460,000 users of Hurricane Puerto Rico, power off power off
Author:Xinhuanet Time:2022.09.19
Xinhua News Agency, Washington, September 18 (Reporter Sun Ding) The Tropical Storm "Fiona" in the Caribbean Sea strengthened to a level 1 hurricane on the 18th, which has caused more than 460,000 users in the United States and overseas Puerto Rico.
According to the National Hurricane Center, at 11:00 in the Eastern United States, "Fiona" is located at 80 kilometers south of the piping city in the southern end of Puerto Rico. The center is moving west of the northwest at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour.The maximum continuous wind speed of "Fiona" reaches 130 kilometers per hour. It is expected to continue to bring heavy rain to Puerto Rico and will cause floods and waterlogging that may be life -threatening.
According to a website statistics monitoring the US power outage, as of the afternoon of the 18th, more than 460,000 households had lost power supply.
On the morning of the 18th, the US President Biden announced that Puerto Rico had an emergency due to the disaster caused by the "Fiona" and approved relevant federal government agencies to provide assistance to the island disaster relief work.
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