Hurricane Fiona brings "catastrophic" flooding, power outages to Puerto Rico
An intensifying Hurricane Fiona is bringing heavy rains, high winds and power outages to Puerto Rico. The power has been knocked out to the entire island.
The big picture: The storm is dumping more than two feet of rain in Puerto Rico, "causing catastrophic" flooding, the National Hurricane Center warns. Hurricane-force winds have taken out the island's fragile power grid.
Fiona made landfall near Punta Tocon, on the island's southeastern coast, around 3:20 p.m. local time with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, per an NHC tweet.
The storm has seen winds increase by 15 mph since the NHC updated on then-Tropical Storm Fiona at 8 a.m. ET.
Fiona is a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to remain so through landfall in Puerto Rico.
Ponce, on the southern side of the island, has seen sustained winds of 69 mph with a maximum wind gust of 103 mph, per the Hurricane Center.
President Biden has declared a federal disaster for Puerto Rico, mobilizing the delivery of aid to the island.
Cheeto took a *slightly* different approach when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017
Puerto Rico: Trump paper towel-throwing 'abominable'
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Trump tossed rolls of paper towels into the crowd
The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, has described Donald Trump's visit to the hurricane-hit island as "insulting" and called him a "miscommunicator-in-chief".
Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz described his televised meeting with officials as a "PR, 17-minute meeting".
The sight of him throwing paper towels to people in the crowd was "terrible and abominable", she added.
Mr Trump tweeted it had been a "great day" in Puerto Rico.
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