Rip Current · Puerto Rico

Rip Current September 18, 2023 · Northeast, Puerto Rico

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency managers and broadcast media reported a 31-year-old female that was found drowned near La Pocita in Loiza. The victim was likely swept away by rip currents.

The wider storm

The tropical cyclones centered well north of the islands, into the open Atlantic waters, continued to generate swells that deteriorated marine and coastal conditions along the northern coast of Puerto Rico. At least two lives were lost due to strong rip currents.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1128567. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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