High Surf · Puerto Rico

High Surf January 13, 2013 – January 16, 2013 · Northeast, Puerto Rico

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A person was swept away by high waves while standing on a rock.

The wider storm

A Deep area of low pressure located over the North Central Atlantic generated very large swells that arrived into the Atlantic Coastlines of Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands. These swells generated very large breaking waves action which resulted in significant water level rises producing coastal flooding along the north coast of Puerto Rico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 429178. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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