MIAMI – Tropical Fiona proceeds its track west in the Atlantic, just before transferring into the Caribbean.
The most current info from the National Hurricane Center exhibits the storm is finding much better organized.
Fiona ongoing to go west at 15 mph, packing winds of 50 mph.
Large rain is expected Saturday and Sunday as the storm passes close to Puerto Rico. Even though the storm centre is forecast to keep on being to the south, hefty rain will carry flash flooding and mudslides to the island.
It could be around hurricane energy as it turns northwest and methods the Dominican Republic.
With the terrain of Hispaniola, the storm could weaken some as it moves around the island prior to it is forecast to come to be a hurricane.
The most current forecasts have arrive into far better arrangement that it will turn north as it moves absent from the Caribbean and into the Western Atlantic.
Puerto Rico will pick up 8-10 inches of rain, then Fiona will clip the Dominican Republic with a flash flood threat, and then it is anticipated to hook suitable to the southeast Bahamas.
The most current styles indicate Fiona is not anticipated to make a immediate hit on the east coast.
