According to a report by CNN on September 18, local time, according to statistics from a website that monitors power outages in the United States, due to the impact of Hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rico, an overseas territory of the United States, has lost power throughout the country.
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Perluisi confirmed the news and said local officials were using emergency protocols to help restore power.
According to the National Hurricane Center, at 11:00 EST, "Fiona" was located 80 kilometers south of the city of Ponce, the southern tip of Puerto Rico, and its center was moving west-northwestward at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour.
Fiona, with maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour, is expected to continue to bring torrential rain to Puerto Rico and cause potentially life-threatening flooding and waterlogging.
On the morning of the 18th, U.S. President Biden declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico due to the disaster caused by "Fiona", and approved the relevant agencies of the federal government to provide assistance to the island's disaster relief work.
(Headquarters reporter Zhao Miao)