Debris Flow — Maunabo, Puerto Rico

2022-11-15 · near Maunabo, Maunabo, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

An emergency manager reported a mudslide in Maunabo, near the Bella Vista restaurant on road 901.

Wider weather episode

The combination of a low-level trough from the east and an upper-level trough produced scattered to locally numerous showers and thunderstorms across eastern Puerto Rico on November 15th. The doppler radar estimated up to 6 inches of rain in Yabucoa.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1067573. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.