HurricaneFiona, the first major storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has caused catastrophic damage across Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos. Learn more in this week's EarthFromOrbit:
amage across Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos. The storm has caused devastating flooding and has damaged critical water and power infrastructure in its wake.
Tropical Storm Fiona first formed in the central Atlantic on Sept. 15, and passed just north of the Guadeloupe archipelago on Sept. 16, where one person was killed, as it entered the eastern Caribbean. On Sept. 18, Fiona strengthened into a hurricane as it approached Puerto Rico and made landfall later that afternoon along the island’s southwestern coast, 15 miles south-southeast of Mayaguez, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.
as it neared the Turks and Caicos islands, where it dumped heavy rains and triggered floods. On Sept. 21, Fiona strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane.Canadian Maritimes NOAA satellites provide vital information for forecasting hurricanes and monitoring the location, movement and intensity of storms. The GOES-16 and GOES-17 geostationary satellites continuously view the entire Atlantic and eastern/central Pacific hurricane basins to provide real-time tracking and monitoring of tropical cyclones as well as the environmental conditions that cause them to form.
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