Tropical cyclone Fred Swirling just south of Puerto Rico at the beginning of Wednesday Dominican Republic When Haiti Forecasters warn that heavy rains can cause dangerous floods and landslides.
Fred became sixth after a quiet month of unnamed storms in the area Atlantic ocean The expected hurricane season and tropical cyclone warnings at the end of Tuesday had already taken place in the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The most important thing today is preparation, said Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Pierluisi. We are not going to minimize the potential impact of this event we expect a lot of rain.
Rain struck the North Caribbean Sea and power outages were reported in Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico, Luma, the company responsible for power transmission and distribution systems on US territory, has warned that life-saving medical devices will rely on electricity to launch emergency plans.
Puerto Ricos system is still very vulnerable, the company said, referring to the power grid destroyed by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.
According to the US National Hurricane Center, Freds center was 45 miles (70 km) south-southwest of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and moved west at 17 miles (28 km) west at the end of Tuesday. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph).
The Dominican Republic, Haiti, and southern Bahamas could be hit on Wednesday, prompting Florida people to keep an eye on the latest updates, but forecasters are uncertain where the storm will move later in the week. Said.
Pierluisi said Puerto Rican government agencies would be closed, and authorities said several gas stations were closed after running out of fuel. The heaviest rain was expected to fall during the night, according to forecasters.
Eight shelters were opened throughout the island, but officials said only about seven people checked in by midnight.
Nino Corea, Puerto Ricos Emergency Management Commissioner, said: We dont want to die.
More than a month has passed since the last Atlantic storm hurricane Elsa, but this summer season usually marks the beginning of the peak of the hurricane season.
The Hurricane Center has issued warnings to Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic on the south coast east of Punta Palenque and on the north coast east of Cabofransis Viejo. Surveillance was carried out on the north coast of Hispaniola, from Cabo Frances in the Dominican Republic to Gonaives in Haiti.
The storm was expected to produce 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rainfall over Puerto Rico, up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) in some areas.
A tropical cyclone near Puerto Rico heads to the Haiti Bahamas Hurricane Elsa National Hurricane Center on Hispaniola, Florida
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