Tropical Storm Karen to unleash heavy rain, trigger flood risk from Puerto Rico to U.S. and British Virgin Islands

Tropical storm warnings were issued for Puerto Rico and the United States and British Virgin Islands Monday as Tropical Storm Karen moved northwest through the Caribbean Sea.

While Karen is forecast to remain weak through the middle of this week, the tropical storm is likely to cause heavy rain over part of the northern Caribbean islands. AccuWeather meteorologists expect Karen to take a northerly path that will bring the system well northeast of the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas on Thursday, but not before passing through Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. 

A hurricane hunter aircraft was investigating the storm early Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 2 p.m. Monday, Karen was located about 210 miles south-southeast of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan and had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

Link: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tropical-storm-karen-to-unleash-heavy-rain-trigger-flood-risk-from-puerto-rico-to-u-s-and-british-virgin-islands/539217