Hurricane Fiona continues to sweep through several islands in its path.
After touching Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, it headed north.
In Guadeloupe, roads are still cut and the water supply disrupted.
Fiona was still only a tropical storm when it passed through Guadeloupe.
But this French region continues to suffer the consequences.
"About fifty" people must be relocated, said a source close to the authorities.
The prefecture clarified Monday evening that the "gradual return" of water distribution is continuing, thanks in particular to the provision of two cisterns from the national reserve in Basse-Terre and eleven additional cisterns currently being routing by the adapted military service regiment (RSMA).
The Joint Syndicate of Water Management and Sanitation of Guadeloupe (SMGEAG) has announced that “major works” will be necessary.
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Most schools, closed on Monday, are due to reopen on Tuesday.
The Guadeloupe 1ere channel explains that the reopening dates are defined commune by commune.
But several mayors have warned that, without running water, the reception of students would be impossible in certain establishments.
In addition, several roads and a bridge remained impassable on Monday.
An accelerated procedure for recognition of the state of natural disaster is underway.
The Minister in charge of Overseas, Jean-François Carenco, must go there in the coming days.
"Catastrophic" damage and one death in Puerto Rico.
"The damage to infrastructure...and homes was catastrophic," Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi said.
In this American territory, Fiona caused landslides, downed trees and power lines, made roads impassable and washed away a bridge in the town of Utuado.
A man died "charred" by putting fuel in a lit generator, according to the authorities.
"In many areas, which had never had floods, there was an accumulation of water without precedent", "more than what we saw during Hurricane Maria", explained Pedro Pierluisi.
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More than 800,000 people were also left without drinking water service.
“We are without electricity and water,” said Elena Santiago, an anesthetist at Aibonito Hospital.
The entire territory of Puerto Rico, which has more than three million inhabitants, was without electricity as the hurricane approached.
On Monday, power was restored to 100,000 people.
US President Joe Biden has declared a state of emergency.
He spoke with the island's governor on Monday and said the number of federal personnel already working to help the territory, currently at more than 300, will increase "significantly."
In the Dominican Republic, at least one death.
Affecting the Dominican Republic on Monday, the hurricane killed one person and forced 12,485 people from their homes, General Juan Méndez García, director of the Emergency Operations Center, told reporters.
Several roads were flooded or cut by falling trees or electric poles in the vicinity of the resort town of Punta Cana in the east, where the electricity supply was interrupted,
The hurricane "passed at full speed," said Vicente Lopez, who looks after Bibijagua Beach in Punta Cana, reporting destroyed businesses.
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon potentially concerned next weekend.
Fiona continued to strengthen and reached category 3 out of 5. This makes it a so-called major hurricane, with wind gusts of 175 km / h for at least one minute.
According to the US Hurricane Center (NHC), this average speed is currently 185 km/h.
Here is a map that shows the route he should take in the coming days.
NHC
Fiona now reaches the British archipelago of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
It should then continue to move northward in the Atlantic and hit Bermuda on Thursday, still being a major hurricane.
The forecasts are then to be confirmed, but Fiona should reach eastern Canada at the end of the week.
On his way, he could then cross the French archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
No particular alert has been launched for the moment by Météo France, the time to refine the forecasts.
