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San Juan (AFP) - Hurricane Fiona battered the Turks and Caicos islands as a powerful Category 3 storm on Tuesday after leaving a trail of destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

When Jose Albaladejo Santiago opened the white gates of his home Tuesday morning for the first time after Hurricane Fiona flooded Puerto Rico, his dirty refrigerator blocked the entrance.

The blow from Fiona was made more devastating because Puerto Rico has yet to recover from Hurricane Maria in 2017, which destroyed the power grid. More than 3,000 homes on the island remain covered by blue tarps.

After a Category 1 hurricane made landfall Sunday, a million Puerto Rican households are still without power.

The Latin Recording Academy has announced its nominations for the 23rd Latin Grammy Awards, with top nominees spanning the globe from Puerto Rico to Texas to Spain.

Nagua (Dominican Republic) (AFP) - Fiona strengthened into a powerful Category Three hurricane on Tuesday as it headed toward the Turks and Caicos islands after leaving two dead and triggering major flooding and blackouts in the Caribbean.

Hurricane Fiona, which left devastating damage in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, is bringing stormy conditions to the Turks and Caicos Tuesday morning as a Category 3 storm. Forecasters are also monitoring two other systems in the Atlantic that could turn into tropical depressions this week.

Prime Minister Liz Truss’s chief of staff was questioned as a witness as part of an FBI probe into corruption claims in Puerto Rico.

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