Wildfire · Puerto Rico

Wildfire March 16, 2003 – March 19, 2003 · Western Interior, Puerto Rico

$3.6M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The lack of significant rainfall in the Maricao State Forest during the month of March, typical of this time of the year, contributed to the dry conditions which helped fuel a forest fire which burned 296 acres during a period of four days. Over a 100,00 gallons of water were used to control the wild fire. Flora and fauna was severely impacted . The western interior region of Puerto Rico showed a rainfall deficiency of around 85 percent through the last two weeks of February through the first two weeks of March 2003.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5347323. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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