Fiona stepped up to cut power for 460,000 users of Hurricane Puerto Rico.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Washington, September 18 (Reporter Sun Ding) Tropical storm Fiona in the Caribbean intensified into a category 1 hurricane on September 18, which has caused more than 460,000 users in Puerto Rico, an overseas territory of the United States, to lose power.

　　According to the National Hurricane Center, at 11: 00 EST, "Fiona" is located 80 kilometers south of Ponce, the southern tip of Puerto Rico, and its center is moving west-northwest at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour. Fiona’s maximum sustained wind speed reaches 130 kilometers per hour, which is expected to continue to bring heavy rain to Puerto Rico and cause floods and waterlogging that may be life-threatening.

　　According to a website that monitors the power outage in the United States, as of the afternoon of the 18th, more than 460,000 users in Puerto Rico had lost power supply.

　　On the morning of 18th, US President Biden announced that there was an emergency in Puerto Rico due to the disaster caused by Fiona, and approved the relevant agencies of the federal government to provide assistance to the disaster relief work on the island.