At least 8 deaths have been reported after Hurricane Fiona tore through the Caribbean this week.
FOX Weather correspondent, who has been in Puerto Rico since Tuesday, said about 80% of the island – more than 1 million customers – is still without power as of Thursday as heat bakes the region.
On top of the power outages, Valdes reported about 600,000 customers were without running water as of Wednesday. Hurricane Fiona was slightly stronger when it slammed into the Dominican Republic but was still a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph.And several flights, including aHowever, JetBlue stressed that meteorologists and other airline officials always have passenger safety as a top priority and would not have flown over the storm if it wasn't safe.
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