Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood September 7, 2004 · Western Interior, Puerto Rico

Death

$15K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A near severe thunderstorm drifted over Adjuntas during the afternoon causing heavy rainfall which caused the loss of a life as river Yayales, a small tributary of river Guilarte, surged out of its banks and flowed across the intersections of roads 131 and 135. A 59 year old woman drove a car into the moving waters, attempted to escape her car and was drowned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5423516. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.