Rip Current · Puerto Rico

Rip Current December 9, 2023 · Northeast, Puerto Rico

Death

Injuries

What the National Weather Service wrote

On December 9th, Emergency Managers in Fajardo, PR, reported that four people were swept away by strong rip currents at Playa Escondida, Fajardo. Emergency Managers successfully rescued three out of the four individuals, but unfortunately, a young 25-year-old adult from San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, drowned. The body was found about 1,500 ft from the coastline on December 11th.

The wider storm

Hazardous coastal conditions where observed across the northern coastline from Rincon to Fajardo due to long-dominant period northwesterly to northerly swell and vigorous to fresh winds impacting the regional waters. High Surf Advisories and a High Risk of Rip Currents were in effect for Fajardo, where four people were swept away by strong rip currents at Playa Escondida (one fatality and three injured).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1151358. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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