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Puerto Rico braces itself as Hurricane Fiona knocks out power on entire island

Puerto Rico braces itself as Hurricane Fiona knocks out power on entire island

Category 1 hurricane threatens to cause widespread flooding and damage to infrastructure as it makes landfall

The entire island of Puerto Rico was without power as a category 1 hurricane bringing heavy rains and dangerous winds made landfall on Sunday evening, with the island bracing for “life-threatening” flash floods and landslides.

Hurricane Fiona threatens to cause widespread flooding and damage to infrastructure in the Caribbean island as well as neighbouring Dominican Republic as it continues to strengthen and dump torrential rain over the next 24 hours.

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