Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks at a press conference calling for construction of a reliable power grid in Puerto Rico. Five years after Hurricane Maria devastated the islands, Puerto Rico is again completely without power as a result of Hurricane Fiona. (Photo by Allison Bailey / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
Representatives at a press conference in Washington, US – 20 Sept 2022
CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona is pounding Bermuda with heavy rains and winds as it sweeps by the island and is forecast to approach northeastern Canada as a still-powerful storm late Friday. Authorities in Bermuda opened shelters and closed schools and offices ahead of Fiona. Premier David Burt urged residents to “take care of yourself and your family.” The Canadian Hurricane Centre issued a hurricane watch over extensive coastal expanses of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Fiona should reach Canada as a “large and powerful post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.”
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