Severe Hurricane Fiona continued to move towards the Bermuda archipelago with winds of 215 km/h after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean Sea, especially in Puerto Rico, where it caused extensive damage and cut off water and electricity over a wide area . most of the population.

The British archipelago of Bermuda, with a population of about 64,000, is bracing for a hurricane late Thursday night, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

In Washington, the State Department asked Americans wishing to travel to and from Bermuda to reconsider their decision to travel to the archipelago and expedite their departure.

“US citizens in Bermuda who wish to leave the island must do so now, before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona,” the agency said in a statement.

Fiona intensified during the night of Tuesday through Wednesday, becoming a Category 4 hurricane on the five ascending Saffir-Simpson scale.

The wind speed associated with the hurricane is 215 km/h.

In addition to severe property damage to the Caribbean, the hurricane claimed the lives of four people in Puerto Rico, two in the Dominican Republic and one in Guadeloupe.