Coastal Flood · Puerto Rico

Coastal Flood January 11, 2025 · North Central, Puerto Rico

$4K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency managers reported coastal flooding and debris deposition in the Cerro Gordo area of Vega Alta. The provided photo shows a flooded residential street, with standing water and scattered debris. The flooding and debris are associated with strong wave action from an incoming swell impacting the coast.

The wider storm

A long-period northerly swell was moving across the local Atlantic waters and Caribbean passages on January 11th, generating large breaking waves along the northerly exposed beaches of Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Breaking wave heights reached around 13 to 15 feet. These conditions resulted in life-threatening rip currents, high surf and coastal erosion. High Surf was reported in western Puerto Rico while Coastal Flood was reported in several areas of northern Puerto Rico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1224921. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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