Flash Flood — Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

2016-11-18 · near Yabucoa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Highway PR-906 was closed due to flooding on the Guayanes river.

Wider weather episode

Moist and unstable weather conditions affected Puerto Rico. Very heavy rainfall felt over the southeast sections of Puerto Rico. Some flooding occurred with mudslides also reported as soils were very saturated due to previous heavy rainfall events.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 665884. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.