This September 19 marks two years since the hurricane Fiona affected the Dominican territory, a phenomenon that caused significant damages in the agriculture and electric power, especially in the southeast and northeast areas.
Fiona affected the Dominican Republic when it made landfall on Monday, September 19, 2022 with winds higher than the 150 kilometers per hour.
The center of Fiona made landfall at 3:30 a.m. that day near the town of Mouth of Yumain the province The Altagraciaaccompanied by strong winds and precipitation.
Path
Using the tool Hurricane Tracks from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Fiona’s career was presented from her training to her time in the country.
September 14th was a tropical depression in it ocean Atlantic hundreds of kilometers east of the Lesser Antilles and on September 15 became the tropical storm Fiona.
On September 16th he crossed over Guadalupe as a storm and on September 18 when it was south of Virgin Islands made a turn to the northwest, became hurricane Category 1 and made landfall in Puerto Rico that same day.
Then at 3:30 a.m. on September 19, Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic near the Mouth of Yumain the province The Altagraciaas hurricane category 1.
In its path over Dominican territory, the center of Fiona crossed over the municipality Higüeycontinuing towards the province The Seibothen passed over Miches entering the ocean over Samaná Bay. It crossed over the eastern part of the Samaná Peninsula, to leave the country on the same 19th of September.
Being outside Dominican territory and in the waters of the ocean Atlantic Fiona rose in rank until she became hurricane category 4.
Heavy rains and damages by Fiona
The heavy rains Fiona’s mainly affected the provinces from the northern and eastern regions of the Dominican Republic.
According to a report from the US National Hurricane Center (CNH), a band of 6 to 12 inches (152 to 305 millimeters) of rainfall occurred in the eastern part of the country in locations near where the center made landfall.
In Miches 335 millimeters of rain were reported.
The heavy rains They caused floods sudden and river floods, especially in the provinces The Altagracia, The Seibo, Hato Mayor and Samana.
The cities of Higüey and Samaná experienced important floods and several other cities were isolated by the floods.
The passage of the hurricane Fiona and her remnants left the province The Altagracia in emergency due to constant rains, the flooding of the Duey River and the destruction of homes.
One week from now hurricane Fiona has affected the eastern and northeastern areas of the country, Government I had anticipated that the damages could exceed 20 billion pesos.
Impact on electrical service
A total of 406,539 homes were left without electricity service in the Dominican Republic after the passage of hurricane Fiona and also more than 8 thousand homes were affected. There were also significant damages to the agriculture in the affected regions.
Storms in 2022
The hurricane season of the Atlantic 2022 saw 14 named tropical storms, eight of which became hurricanes and two of which intensified into major hurricanes (Fiona and Ian). There were also two tropical depressions named Eleven and Twelve.
