Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood September 9, 2025 · Orocovis, Puerto Rico

$1K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A member of the public reported on social media that excessive runoff from ongoing rainfall and a nearby river has affected the neighborhood road in Sector La Charca, Barrio Saltos, Orocovis. The road was impassable.

The wider storm

Tropical moisture associated with a tropical wave and other trade wind perturbations, along with an upper-level trough resulted in the formation of strong showers and thunderstorms. These showers resulted in flooding, landslide and wind damage along portions of eastern, northern and western Puerto Rico.

Began near Orocovis (18.2100, -66.4200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1294591. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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