(CNN) At least two people have died in Puerto Rico because of Hurricane Fiona , Gov. By midday Monday, about 1,000 people in Puerto Rico had been rescued by emergency crews, said Maj. Gen. José Reyes, adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard. Fiona made landfall Monday morning in the Dominican Republic after crossing onto land a day earlier in southwestern Puerto Rico. Still, Puerto Rico remains almost entirely under flash flood or flood warnings -- nearly five years to the day after Hurricane Maria devastated the territory. That would make Fiona the first major hurricane of the year in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.

Source: CNN September 20, 2022 01:50 UTC