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Puerto Ricans are bracing for severe wind and extreme rain as Fiona bears down.

Puerto Rico braced for severe wind and extreme rain as Tropical Storm Fiona bore down amid expectations it would grow into a hurricane before striking the U.S. territory’s southern coast Sunday afternoon.

Tropical storm Fiona gained strength overnight as it headed toward Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning and alerts for life threatening floods and mudslides.

Puerto Ricans are bracing for severe wind and extreme rain as Tropical Storm Fiona bears down amid expectations it will grow into a hurricane before striking the U.S. territory’s southern coast Sunday afternoon

Anxiety ran high across the island with Fiona due just two days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a devastating Category 4 storm that hit on Sept. 20, 2017.

The tropical storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and drop as much as 20 inches of rain beginning Sunday. Forecasters are warning of landslides and heavy flooding on parts of the island.

Fiona has strengthened into a hurricane as Puerto Ricans brace for severe wind and torrential rain, with the storm forecast to strike the U.S. territory’s southwest coast. Forecasters say “historic”

Anxiety ran high across the island with Fiona due just two days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a devastating Category 4 storm that hit in 2017 and caused nearly 3,000 deaths.

Fiona strengthened from a tropical storm into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains.

Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains.