Rip Current · Puerto Rico

Rip Current August 24, 2025 · Northeast, Puerto Rico

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man was swept away by rip currents and drowned this morning at Chatarra beach in Loiza, near PR-187 and the local kiosks. His body was recovered by a Coast Guard helicopter, taken to Isla Grande Airport, and then to the Hoare Hospital in Santurce, where he was declared dead.

The wider storm

A long period northerly swell from the then distant TC Erin and AL90 promoted life-threatening rip currents, rough surf conditions, and Small Craft Advisory conditions during the penultimate weekend of August. Three fatalities and multiple injuries were reported at north-oriented beaches of Puerto Rico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1290358. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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