Flash Flood — Orocovis, Puerto Rico

2025-05-05 · near Orocovis, Orocovis, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Broadcast media shared a video of rapid floodwaters via social media, showing a creek overflowing its banks. This made the road Camino La Fabrica impassable, located in sector La Fabrica and La Charca in barrio Saltos.

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 1268929. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.