Puerto Rico dam fails

Puerto Rico dam fails; evacuations begin along Guajataca River

CNN,

22 September, 20147

(CNN)All people living near the Guajataca River in northwest Puerto Rico should evacuate immediately because of an "imminent dam break," the National Weather Service in San Juan said Friday afternoon.

"All Areas surrounding the Guajataca River should evacuate NOW. Their lives are in DANGER! Please SHARE!" an earlier tweet said.

About 70,000 people in the area of the Guajataca Dam have been told to evacuate, National Guard spokeswoman Yennifer Alvarez told CNN's Leyla Santiago. Buses have been brought in to help people leave.

Speaking on CNN's "Out Front" with Erin Burnett, Puerto Rican Secretary of State Luis Gerardo Rivera Marín said the evacuations are difficult because the island was heavily damaged by Hurricane Maria, which struck earlier this week. Many parts of Puerto Rico are flooded and more than 3 million people don't have electricity.

"It is (done) in the blackness of the night," he said. "There's lack of energy, especially in the mountain regions where the winds were higher speeds."

The NWS issued a flash-flood notice for the towns of Isabela and Quebradillas, which are about 6 miles apart. Isabela has about 45,000 people, Quebradillas 25,000 people.

The dam was constructed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to create a lake that provides drinking water to residents of the area, according to the US Geological Survey.

Katia now a hurricane: forecast to make landfall in Mexico

Katia becomes hurricane in Gulf of Mexico; Jose becomes a hurricane in Atlantic

• Jose has intensified into a hurricane in the Atlantic
• Katia is forecast to make landfall in Mexico
• Three hurricanes total being tracked in the Atlantic

CNN,

7 September, 2017

Two tropical storms intensified and were designated hurricanes Wednesday afternoon, said the National Hurricane Center.

Jose is located in the Atlantic while Katia is in the Gulf of Mexico. That means there are three hurricanes currently being tracked in the Atlantic.

Jose is moving west-northwest and maximum sustained winds have increased to near 75 miles per hour with higher gusts, according to a public advisory from the NHC. The storm is expected to strengthen further and could be close to becoming a major hurricane on Friday. No hurricane watches are yet in effect for Jose, though the NHC did say interests in the Leeward Islands should monitor the storm.

Forecasters expect Katia to begin moving southwest toward the eastern coast of Mexico, according to a public advisory from the NHC. It is forecast to bring torrential rains to the Mexican state of Veracruz, and the Mexican government has issued a hurricane alert for a portion of Veracruz's coast.

Major hurricanes are those that create winds of 111 mph or faster, according to the Saffir-Simpson scale. Major hurricanes are all those with a category rating of 3 of higher on the scale of 1-5.

Category 5 Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest ever observed in the Atlantic, continued its path through the Caribbean Wednesday afternoon. Forecasts largely expect that storm to make landfall in Florida in 4-5 days, though forecasters said there are a number of paths the storm could still take.

Both Katia and Jose were Category 1 storms as of Wednesday evening, making them far less intense than Irma. They were also far smaller. Hurricane-force winds extended up to 15 miles from the centers of both Jose and Katia, while hurricane-force winds stretched a full 50 miles from Irma's center, according to the NHC.

From a day ago.That's all the video footage I can find.