Rip Current · Puerto Rico

Rip Current March 6, 2024 · Northeast, Puerto Rico

Death

Injuries

What the National Weather Service wrote

A family of seven was swept away by rip currents in Playa Escondida, Fajardo. The father was able to save all his children and wife, but he drowned, and his body was recovered two days later in the area.

The wider storm

Wind-driven seas and a fading long-period northeasterly swell caused a high risk of rip currents along Puerto Rico's Atlantic Coastline.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1164917. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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