Tracking The Tropics 9/22/2022 6AM
NEXT Weather team is tracking five systems.
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NEXT Weather team is tracking five systems.
30 dogs and cats flown from the island to Miami International Airport.
The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Fiona has strengthened into a Category 4 storm even as forecasters are tracking three other storms, one of which could impact Florida next week.
Tracking The Tropics: Hurricane Fiona 9/20/2022 12PM
Each 'family necessity' kit has enough food to feed a family of four for a week
David Begnaud reports the storm is blamed for numerous deaths and in Puerto Rico, it knocked out power to most of the island.
The National Hurricane Center said the tropical depression it was tracking has strengthened into Tropical Storm Gaston.
Deborah Souverain reports Global Empowerment Mission will send 1,000 family necessity kits for those in need.
Fiona is expected to strengthen over the next couple of days
Tracking The Tropics: Hurricane Fiona 9/20/2022 6AM
Hurricane Fiona grew Monday evening to a Category 2 storm after it battered Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
NEXT Weather meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez takes a look at its forecast path.
Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico's southwest coast on Sunday as it unleashed landslides, knocked the power grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads, and flung the pieces around.
Fiona struck on the anniversary of Hurricane Hugo
The center of Hurricane Fiona is headed directly for the southeastern Dominican Republic, from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo. Meanwhile, power outages, heavy rainfall and flooding continue to pummel Puerto Rico.
Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains.
The latest computer models have Tropical Storm Fiona continuing to head west and then turning north by next week.
Tropical Depression Seven on Wednesday formed from a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean as attention now shifts to the eastern Caribbean.
NEXT Weather meteorologist Dave Warren said the depression was moving in a northwesterly and west direction and could reach the Lesser Antilles of the eastern Caribbean as soon as Friday.
