Tropical Storm Fiona Is Bringing High Winds and Flood Threats to the Caribbean

The storm formed over the Atlantic this week and is moving toward Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

morning, the maximum sustained winds from Fiona are about 50 miles per hour with some stronger gusts, according to an alert from thebut has not yet grown into a category 1 hurricane. “Rainfall impacts continue to be the greatest threat related to Fiona,” the San JuanSeveral islands are currently under tropical storm watches, as conditions could change within the next day or two,reported. The British and U.S.

Virgin islands are expected to receive 4 to 6 inches of rain. Puerto Rico is expected to receive 4 to 8 inches of rain, with a maximum of 12 inches of rain, according to the National Hurricane Center alert.after the firstthe third August since records began in the 1940s with no named storms in the Atlantic. The quiet month was a relief, given that theBut September seems to be making up for lost time.

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