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Puerto Rico National Guard rescues Hurricane Fiona victims

National Guard
by National Guard
September 20, 2022
Hurricane Fiona

Members of the Puerto Rico National Guard, 125th Military Police Battalion, rescue a man who had apparently gone out to try to find gasoline and was caught in a flash flood caused by Hurricane Fiona. Photo by Puerto Rico National Guard

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – More than 450 members of the Puerto Rico National Guard have answered Gov. Pedro Pierluisi’s call to assist people in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, which brought heavy rains, damaging winds that caused widespread damage, flooding, mudslides and power outages.

Monday in Cayey, the Guard’s 65th Infantry rescued 21 elderly and bedridden people at an elderly home due to landslides that were threatening the home’s structure and residents’ safety. Also Monday, the 296th Infantry in Mayagüez rescued 59 people from a flooded community, including two bedridden elderly people. Thirteen pets were also rescued.

Over the weekend, Guard members with the 125th Military Police Battalion rescued a man in Ponce who was swept away by a flash flood when he apparently went out to try to get gasoline. He was clinging to a concrete post near Mercedita Airport in southern Puerto Rico, where floodwaters were as high as 6 feet. Guard personnel also rescued people in Salinas, Cayey, Toa Baja and Añasco, among other municipalities.

Guard members also rescued people in Salinas, Toa Baja, and Añasco, among other municipalities.

Hurricane Fiona
Puerto Rico National Guard Soldiers help rescue families trapped by floods during the passing of Hurricane Fiona. Photo by Puerto Rico National Guard

Heavy rain continued to fall in the wake of the hurricane Monday and will “produce life-threatening and catastrophic flooding along with mudslides and landslides across Puerto Rico,” a National Hurricane Center advisory warned.

The center forecast an additional 4 to 8 inches of rain in southern Puerto Rico Monday, with a local maximum of 15 inches. Total rainfall from the storm was projected to be 12 to 20 inches, with over 30 inches in some areas. Northern Puerto Rico was expected to get an additional 1 to 4 inches of rain Monday, with as much as 6 inches in some locations.

Before the storm hit, the Guard positioned soldiers and heavy equipment, including vehicles with high ground clearance, at 10 strategic points around the island to allow it to quickly respond to emergencies such as rescuing stranded and trapped people and clearing roads.

Hurricane-force winds struck southwest Puerto Rico over the weekend. Hurricane Fiona then headed for the Dominican Republic and Turks and Caicos.

A tropical storm warning was in effect Monday for Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra.

This article was originally published on the National Guard website.

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