Eastern Caribbean hit with heavy rain, wind as storm moves toward Puerto Rico

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm was expected to move over or near Puerto Rico on Wednesday night, then brush the northern shores of Hispaniola the following day while on a path that could take it to the U.S. mainland

The centre said the storm is expected to strengthen before it makes landfall in the Dominican Republic on Thursday, although it cautioned it’s still unclear what it would do in upcoming days: “Simply put, there are a lot of hurdles in the system’s way, so it is best to stay on the conservative side at the moment and continue to stress the large uncertainty after it leaves the Caribbean,” the advisory said.Forecasters issued tropical storm warnings for Puerto Rico, the British and U.S.

Officials in Puerto Rico expressed concern about the potential for landslides and flooding and noted the U.S. territory is struggling with a spike in coronavirus cases while also still recovering from 2017′s devastating Hurricane Maria and a string of earthquakes earlier this year that damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in the island’s south.

On Wednesday, the director of Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority told WKAQ radio that he believed it was either sabotage or negligence: “It was done manually.” However, the head of transmission and distribution disputed those comments and told Radio Isla that it was too soon to make any conclusions.

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