<span style="color: #222222;">Hurricane Fiona was headed northward after it bore down on the tiny Turks and Caicos archipelago yesterday, September 20, and caused severe damage to Puerto Rico and then the Dominican Republic.<br />''<br />''According to US officials, at least five people died in the storm, four in Puerto Rico and one in Guadeloupe earlier this week.<br />''<br />''Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, September 18, dumping huge amounts of rainfall on it, and then on the Dominican Republic on Monday. A public health emergency was declared by US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra for Puerto Rico yesterday night, which allows the freeing up of federal funds and equipment to assist the island.<br />''<br />''Fiona hit the Grand Turk the Turks and Caicos's biggest Island earlier in the day, before slamming its main cluster of islands several hours later.<br />''<br />''The power category 3 storm dumped heavy rains,  triggering floods on the Caribbean archipelago.<br />''<br />''The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that the hurricane had moved 75 miles north of Turks and Caicos by Tuesday night and was strengthening with wind speeds of 125 mile per hour.<br />''<br />''However, no casualties in Turks and Caicos reported yet. </span><br />