Debris Flow · Puerto Rico

Debris Flow April 17, 2026 · Ponce, Puerto Rico

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Damage as recorded

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Ponce emergency managers reported a landslide at Calle J (Street J), Parcela La Yuca, near PR-505 km 5.2.

The wider storm

An amplifying mid- to upper-level trough, combined with above-normal moisture, maintained an unstable, wet pattern. With previous rain left saturated soils and elevated rivers, heavy rainfall quickly lead to urban flooding, small stream flooding, river flooding, landslides and flash flooding. Significant flooding occurred in Las Piedras, particularly, where several houses where flooded and flash flooded following heavy rainfall.

Began near Ponce (18.0737, -66.6064).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1332914. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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