'People are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. ... You'll see a lot of houses still with a lot of blue tarps over the roof, because they haven't been fixed.' Yanira Cardona survived Hurricane Maria and is now preparing for Dorian.
Dorian's wind speeds won't approach those of Maria, the Category 4 storm that left more than 2,900 people dead in 2017. But they could be enough to strain Puerto Rican power infrastructure that's still in tenuous condition, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said. The storm's center was near the island of St. Thomas around 2 p.m. ET, with maximum sustained winds of around 75 mph, just above minimum hurricane strength, the National Hurricane Center said.
Croix, Stacy Mooney was recording the heavy rain outside Wednesday morning and captured a sudden flash of blue-green light in the distance. Power went out for a few minutes afterward, she wrote on Facebook, and she wondered if she had seen electric equipment failing."Overall, things are fine," she told CNN."The winds have been fierce."The US Virgin Islands will be under curfew from noon Wednesday until 6 a.m. Thursday because of the storm, Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said.
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