Rip Current · Puerto Rico

Rip Current July 13, 2024 · Southeast, Puerto Rico

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

An 86-year-old male was found floating in Playa Guilarte in Arroyo, PR. A 911 call alerted the authorities and took the victim to a nearby hospital, where the doctors confirmed the fatality.

The wider storm

A surface high pressure across the Atlantic and a tropical wave moving across the CWA promoted moderate to fresh east to southeasterly winds over the local area. This caused seas to increase between 4 and 5 feet across the southern coastal waters of Puerto Rico, and a moderate risk of rip currents was expected across the south to southeastern beaches of Puerto Rico. One drowning occurred in Guilarte Beach in Arroyo.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1196924. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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