Hurricane Fiona has swept past Bermuda after strengthening to a powerful Category 4 hurricane.  Overnight the storm brought high winds and heavy rain to the British territory as its eye passed about 200 miles west of the archipelago. 

Hamilton, September 23 (RHC)-- Hurricane Fiona has swept past Bermuda after strengthening to a powerful Category 4 hurricane.  Overnight the storm brought high winds and heavy rain to the British territory as its eye passed about 200 miles west of the archipelago. 

Fiona is now heading north and expected to slam into Canada’s eastern coast over the weekend as a large and powerful post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.  

Meanwhile, most of Puerto Rico remains without power and clean drinking water five days after Fiona overwhelmed the island’s fragile electrical grid.  U.S. President Biden on Wednesday declared a major disaster in Puerto Rico. 

And, to make matters worse, a sweltering heat wave pushed heat indexes in some parts of the island above 110 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday.

So far, Hurricane Fiona has caused at least five deaths: two in Puerto Rico, two in the Dominican Republic and one in the archipelago of Guadeloupe.