Anthu mazana ambiri adasamutsidwa ku Puerto Rico pamene madzi osefukira a mvula yomwe idabwera ndi mphepo yamkuntho Fiona idakwera kwambiri.
Mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Fiona inagunda Territory ya US pachikumbutso cha Hurricane Hugo, yomwe inagunda. Puerto Rico Zaka 33 zapitazo.
8 mpaka 12 mainchesi mvula yagwa kale m'malo ambiri pachilumbachi, malinga ndi zomwe zachitika posachedwa. Komabe, madera okhala kwawoko atsimikizira kuti kugwa mvula yopitilira mainchesi 20, ndipo ina ikubwerabe.
Mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Fiona inawopseza kuti idzagwetsa mvula "yakale" pachilumbachi dzulo ndi lero, ndi mainchesi 32 (810 mm) osafunsidwa kum'mawa ndi kumwera kwa Puerto Rico.
Madzi osefukira anasefukira m’nsanjika zoyambirira ngakhalenso pabwalo la ndege kuchigawo chakumwera kwa Puerto Rico.
Bwanamkubwa waku Puerto Rico adalengeza kuti magetsi aku US Territory adasiya kugwira ntchito chifukwa cha Fiona, kutumiza anthu opitilira miliyoni miliyoni kudera lakuda dzulo.
Gulu lotumizira anthu 1.4-miliyoni omwe adatsata anthu pachilumbachi dzulo madzulo, malinga ndi PowerOutage.US.
Anthu opitilira 500,000 adazimitsidwa Lamlungu m'mawa kuti magetsi atsekedwe m'gawo lonselo. Kuzimitsidwa kwa intaneti pachilumbachi kudachulukiranso pomwe magetsi akuzima.
LUMA Energy, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito gridi yamagetsi ku Puerto Rico, idati "zingatenge masiku angapo" kuti abwezeretse ntchito.
Zipatala zaku Puerto Rico zikugwiritsa ntchito majenereta, omwe ena alephera kale. Ogwira ntchito m'deralo adathamangira kukakonza majenereta ku Comprehensive Cancer Center, komwe odwala angapo adachotsedwa.
"Zowonongeka zomwe tikuwona ndizowopsa," Bwanamkubwa waku Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi adatero,
Purezidenti Joe Biden adalengeza za ngozi ku Puerto Rico pamene diso la mphepo yamkuntho likuyandikira ngodya ya kumwera chakumadzulo kwa US Territory.