Forcasters warn that Tropical Storm Fiona could threaten Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with dangerous rains.
Tropical Storm Fiona, shown here in the Caribbean on Sept. 17, 2022, is predicted to be close to Puerto Rico late Saturday and then cross over the Dominican Republic on Monday.MIAMI — Tropical Storm Fiona passed near Guadeloupe on Friday evening, hitting some of the Caribbean’s easternmost islands with strong rain and wind as forecasters warned the storm could later threaten Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with dangerous rains.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lester in the eastern Pacific was on a projected path that could bring landfall near the Acapulco area on Mexico’s southwestern coast Saturday. The forecast called for rainfall totals of as much as a foot in places across eastern and southern Puerto Rico and 16 inches in the eastern Dominican Republic. That much rain could cause flash floods and mudslides in higher terrain, and life-threatening surf was possible from Fiona’s winds, the hurricane center said.
Fiona was moving westward at 15 mph , and was centered about 15 miles north-northwest of Guadeloupe. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for most of the Leeward Islands.
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