People clear a road from a fallen tree after Hurricane Fiona affected the area in Yauco, Puerto Rico September 18, 2022.
Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, five years after the U.S. Caribbean territory was ravaged by Hurricane Maria.
"The strongest winds are already dying down and it's already over the Dominican Republic."
The eye of Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic near Boca Yuma at 3:30 a.m. local time, the NHC said.
Rainbands could follow the storm system on the east side of Puerto Rico for hundreds of miles, NHC's Blake said.