Almost five years since Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico is getting walloped again now.

The lead starts right now, rising water, washing away bridges and roads as Hurricane Fiona slams

into Puerto Rico.

So far, emergency crews have rescued a thousand people trapped by the floods and the majority

of the island has lost electricity.

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the Taliban.

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libraries and reading lists in more districts and more states, according to a new report.

Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper.

When we start today on our national lead, Hurricane Fiona wreaking havoc on several Caribbean

islands.

The storm made landfall this morning in the Dominican Republic as a category one, but

is expected to become a major hurricane by Wednesday.

That's after Fiona hit Puerto Rico on Sunday, dumping more than two feet of rain on some

parts of the island and knocking out the entire power grid there.

Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria

in 2017, once again, is suffering catastrophic flooding, rivers overflowing, causing major

infrastructure damage.

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