Flood — Yauco, Puerto Rico

2025-05-01 · near Yauco, Yauco, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

A social media post showed a photo of the water treatment plant of Yauco with widespread flooding due to Rio Yauco overflowing its banks.

Wider weather episode

Unstable and wet weather conditions were anticipated in early May due to a combination of abundant tropical moisture and a series of upper-level troughs moving over the region.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1268614. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.