Heavy Rain — Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

2016-11-20 · near Yabucoa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Mudslide on Highway PR-900 Km,9.3 sector Playita arriba in front of a home.

Wider weather episode

Moist and unstable weather conditions affected Puerto Rico. Very heavy rainfall felt across 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 666239. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.