Flood — Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

2025-04-26 · near Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

$7K

Property damage

Event narrative

Broadcast media, shared through social media, showed a video of a creek overflowing and flooding PR-102, with floodwaters visibly affecting the Mangia Italiano restaurant. Although the area was inundated, cars were able to cross the flooded roadway slowly, and no vehicles appeared to be stranded near the restaurant.

Wider weather episode

From April 26 through 30, a moist and unstable weather pattern affected Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The episode began as deep tropical moisture moved into the region from the southeast, interacting with deep-layer troughs and supportive jet dynamics aloft. This synoptic setup led to daily rounds of scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms, especially during the afternoons across the interior and western portions of Puerto Rico.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (18.1000, -67.1800)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1256906. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.