MIAMI – Hurricane Fiona grew Monday evening to a Category 2 storm just after it battered Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and headed in direction of Turks and Caicos.
In accordance to the 5 p.m. update from the Nationwide Hurricane Heart, the storm was packing sustained winds of 100 miles for each hour or extra and was bit by bit shifting northwest.
A hurricane warning remained in result for the Turks and Caicos with a hurricane view and tropical storm warnings issued for components of the Dominican Republic, according to the Nationwide Weather Company.
The most current advisory reported the storm could strengthen to Category 4 standing as it moves back about the Atlantic Ocean about Wednesday afternoon.
“It can be a very nicely discovered eye,” CBS Miami chief meteorologist Ivan Cabrera said Monday evening.
The storm built landfall Monday all-around 3:30 a.m. along the jap coastline of the Dominican Republic close to Boca de Yuma with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles for each hour.
Fiona was in the vicinity of the northern coastline and the procedure was shifting to the northwest at 8 mph with 85 mph winds.
Weighty rain and catastrophic flooding carry on throughout significantly of Puerto Rico exactly where Fiona produced landfall on Sunday.
Fiona is forecast to shift northwest and develop into a Group 2 before it moves close to or about pieces of the Turks and Caicos. Fiona is then predicted to strengthen into a key Category 3 Hurricane by midweek as it moves north and then northeastward towards or near Bermuda.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the coastline of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo and Turks and Caicos. A Hurricane Enjoy is in effect for the north coastline of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in outcome for Puerto Rico, the north coastline of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata and the SE Bahamas. A Tropical Storm Look at is in result for the South coastline of the Dominican Republic west of Cabo Caucedo to Barahona.
