Satellite Images Show a Dark Puerto Rico After Hurricane Fiona

Hurricane Fiona made landfall over Puerto Rico this previous weekend, and the ensuing widespread flooding and sturdy winds knocked out the grid for the island’s greater than 3 million residents.

The outages are obvious from area. NASA satellite images of Puerto Rico this week present a major distinction between this week and earlier within the summer season. The metro space within the Northeastern a part of the island, which is the place the capital metropolis of San Juan is positioned, has had energy restored, however communities across the central and southern components of Puerto Rico stay at nighttime.

Areas like Arecibo, Caguas, Mayagüez, and Ponce—which is Puerto Rico’s second largest city—have among the highest charges of energy loss to this point, in keeping with NASA.

As of this writing, greater than 920,000 out of 1.4 million prospects in Puerto Rico haven’t had their energy restored, in keeping with PowerOutage.us. No energy signifies that many houses shouldn’t have water filtration and operating water, NPR reported.

The outages are dangerous, especially as high heat descends on the area. On Wednesday, the island was under a heat advisory. “There is a heat advisory in effect for all the north central to the northwest, and western Puerto Rico. Heat Indices between 105-109 degrees are expected between 10 AM- 4PM,” the National Weather Service said in an alert.

Municipalities throughout the northern coast skilled a warmth index above 100 levels Fahrenheit (37 Celsius), and some areas alongside the southern coast skilled a warmth index over 90 levels Fahrenheit (32 Celsius). A tweet from National Weather Service San Juan suggested individuals within the alert space to “stay hydrated” and to “limit outdoor activity.” But with out energy, many weak Puerto Ricans can’t calm down by turning on air con or followers.

Hurricane Fiona pummeled the Caribbean on the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria. It flooded and broken houses throughout the Dominican Republic earlier this week and is now a category 4 storm anticipated to carry heavy rains, storm surges, and robust winds to Bermuda this weekend. From there’s, it’s projected to journey as much as Nova Scotia, Canada.