Lightning · Puerto Rico

Lightning September 4, 2022 · Salinas, Puerto Rico

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning struck a jetski in Cayo Matias, just south of Salinas. There were two fatalities and a third person was taken to a hospital. A marine weather statement due to thunderstorms was in effect for nearby waters.

The wider storm

A lightning strike killed two people in a jetski near Cayo Matias just off the coastal waters of Salinas. Hurricane Earl was moving about 100 miles north-northeast of the islands.

Began near Salinas (17.9376, -66.2940).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1053157. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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