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July 26–28, 1530 – Hurricane Santa Ana made landfall on Puerto Rico and was the first of three tropical cyclones to affect the island that year. [10] The island only had population of 3,100 at the time. [11] August 22, 1530 – Hurricane San Hipólito affected Puerto Rico as a weak hurricane or tropical storm bringing heavy rain. [11] [12]
In Puerto Rico, the highest rainfall total was 2.4 inches (61 mm) in Rio Piedras. [5] August 22–23 – Tropical Storm Dean dropped heavy rainfall across Puerto Rico, peaking at 12.7 inches (322 mm) in Salinas. The passage of Dean resulted in widespread flooding in eastern and southern Puerto Rico, collapsing two bridges and one road.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Tropical Storm Ernesto for Wednesday, Aug. 14. For the latest news on Ernesto as it moves across the Caribbean, view USA TODAY's story on the storm ...
Map with highways and waterways in Puerto Rico. List of rivers in Puerto Rico (U.S. Commonwealth), sorted by drainage basin and then alphabetically. There are 47 main rivers and 24 lagoons or reservoirs. [1] Most of Puerto Rico's rivers originate in the Cordillera Central. There are four slopes through which rainwater flows towards the sea.
Ernesto, the second named storm of the week, is "expected to become a hurricane overnight while passing northeast of Puerto Rico,'' the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 p.m. Atlantic ...
Though the National Hurricane Center said the storm is still less than 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, the extended projected path includes Puerto Rico and a small part of the Dominican ...
Río Seco (Spanish for "dry river") is a river located on the southern coastal valley region of Puerto Rico. It originates at the Barrio Pozo Hondo of the municipality of Guayama at an elevation of 984 feet (300 meters) above sea level. The river has a length of approximately 8 miles emptying into the Bay of Jobos.
Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is racing through the Caribbean islands and toward Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous seas as a predicted hyperactive ...