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Rip Current March 8, 2025 · Mayaguez and Vicinity, Puerto Rico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 71-year-old male tourist drowned after being swept away by rip currents at a beach near a hotel on PR-115 in Barrio Caguabo, Anasco.
The wider storm
A long-period northwesterly swell spread across the Atlantic from early Saturday morning through Sunday. Large breaking waves of 8 to 12 feet impacted the coastal areas from Rincon and Aguada through the northern coastline of Puerto Rico to Fajardo, as well
as Culebra and the north U.S. Virgin Islands.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1231083. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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