Puerto Rico reels from Fiona as hurricane plows into Dominican Republic

One day after Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico and triggered an island-wide blackout, over 1.3 million remain in the dark with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast to continue Monday.

Puerto Rico was reeling Monday after Hurricane Fiona dumped more than 2 feet of rain on the island, killing at least one person and leaving most of it without power.

Fiona plowed into the neighboring Dominican Republic as a Category 1 storm, prompting warnings of flash flooding and forecasts of up to 20 inches of rain in the country's eastern section, the National Hurricane Center said.

National Guard troops carried out hundreds of rescues, and about 1,500 people had been evacuated to shelters and safer ground, The Associated Press reported.

Images of the Dominican Republic posted on social media showed downed trees, devastated homes and a collapsed bridge.

"It destroyed everything," a resident told Reuters. "Everything has been affected. It all has to be rebuilt, all this.”

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