Flood · Puerto Rico

Flood August 18, 2018 · Ponce, Puerto Rico

Death

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A 24 year old woman drowned after being swept away due to a water surge along the Portuguese River in Barrio Tibes near road PR-10.

The wider storm

Locally and diurnally induced shower and thunderstorm activity developed over interior and southwestern portions of Puerto Rico during the afternoon hours.

Began near Ponce (18.0907, -66.6450).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 783385. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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