The first major hurricanes of the Atlantic season are expected to intensify after devastating parts of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
There is a view of a park in the Dominican Republic.
The NHC said in an update at 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. that the storm had strengthened into a Category 3 storm. There is an hour and a half later.
The president of the Dominican Republic said that the storm caused a lot of damage in the country.
Two of the deaths have been in Puerto Rico and one in the Dominican Republic.
The NHC said that the storm is expected to strengthen over the next couple of days.
There are warnings for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The NHC has issued a tropical storm warning for the southeastern Bahamas.
He is expected to move across the Caribbean. Turks and Caicos residents have been told to shelter in place and businesses have been closed in anticipation of the storm. The NHC said that people in the island should watch the storm. The NHC said that swells generated by the storm could affect the east coast through the end of the week. The surf and rip current conditions could be life threatening.
The governor of Puerto Rico said that the storm caused catastrophic damage when it hit the island. The vast majority of the 1.5 million customers that are tracked by poweroutage.us were still without power as of Tuesday morning, despite little progress in restoring power to the island. It will take a long time to resolve the issue. The island is still recovering from the damage done by Hurricane Maria last year and President Joe Biden declared an emergency after the storm hit on Sunday. More than 300 federal workers are assisting. The administrator of FEMA is going to Puerto Rico on Tuesday to assess the situation.
Early predictions that the season would be busy and severe were wrong. Climate change is driving more severe storms and other extreme weather events, according to scientists. Climate change will cause these to grow more frequent and severe in the future.
Power Outages And Massive Floods To Puerto Rico were caused by HurricaneFiona.
According to the U.N. weather agency, weather-related disasters skyrocketed over the past 50 years.
The storm left Puerto Rico in the dark on the anniversary of Hurricane Maria.
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