▁to ▁protect ▁several ▁towns ▁and ▁villages . ▁Emer gency ▁officials ▁stated ▁that ▁roughly ▁ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁personnel ▁were ▁on ▁stand by ▁in ▁case ▁of ▁a ▁dis aster . ▁Sh el ters ▁were ▁also ▁pre pped ▁throughout ▁the ▁country ; ▁however , ▁these ▁were ▁not ▁opened ▁and ▁the ▁residents ▁who ▁had ▁volunt arily ▁ev acu ated ▁had ▁returned ▁home ▁by ▁the ▁afternoon ▁of ▁August   1 7 . ▁In ▁nearby ▁H ait i , ▁officials ▁placed ▁the ▁country ▁under ▁yellow ▁alert ▁as ▁the ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁Ana ▁could ▁produce ▁heavy ▁ra inf all ▁over ▁mountain ous ▁areas . ▁ ▁In ▁St . ▁Thomas , ▁sust ained ▁wind s ▁reached ▁ 2 8   m ph ▁( 4 5   km / h ) ▁and ▁g ust s ▁pe aked ▁at ▁ 4 0   m ph ▁( 6 5   km / h ). ▁In ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁ra inf all ▁was ▁limited ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁storm s ' ▁fast ▁motion , ▁trigger ing ▁minor ▁flo oding ▁but ▁little ▁damage . ▁A ▁maximum ▁of ▁ ▁of ▁rain ▁fell ▁in ▁Río ▁Grande . ▁The ▁ra ins ▁caused ▁the ▁Río ▁F aj ardo ▁to ▁rise , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁issu ance ▁of ▁an ▁alert ▁as ▁officials ▁war ned ▁it ▁could ▁overflow ▁its ▁banks . ▁Several ▁streets ▁were ▁tempor arily ▁shut ▁down ▁due ▁to ▁flo oding , ▁including ▁one ▁tunnel , ▁and ▁three ▁schools ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁ev acu ated . ▁Through out ▁the ▁island , ▁roughly ▁ 6 , 0 0