Storm Signals Issued In Some Islands As TS Fiona Tracks Northern Caribbean

Tropical Depression Seven is now Tropical Storm Fiona, and could become a hurricane before arriving near the Dominican Republic Sunday night or Monday, according to a report.

Weather.com said that Tropical Storm Fiona tracking toward the northern Caribbean islands, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, where it could produce flooding rainfall and strong wind gusts this weekend, before becoming a hurricane next week.

It added that the tropical storm “is located just east of the Leeward Islands in the western Atlantic Ocean and is moving westward.”

The National Hurricane Center has estimated Fiona to have maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

Tropical storm warning have also been in effect for Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla, Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Guadeloupe, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Dominica and the British Virgin Islands have been issued with a a tropical storm watch, which means that “tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours,” according to the center.