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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.
Hurricane Ernesto is moving away from Puerto Rico, where schools and offices shut down Wednesday, after the Caribbean island was hit with torrential rain and flooding.. Ernesto was set to pass ...
Ernesto intensified into a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday as it churned north of Puerto Rico, where it unleashed torrential rain and damaging winds that triggered flash flood warnings and cut ...
Hurricane Ernesto was a moderately strong Atlantic hurricane that caused significant flooding in Puerto Rico before striking Bermuda as a hurricane. The fifth named storm and third hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave east of the Leeward Islands.
1970 – Caribbean–Azores hurricane struck Puerto Rico as a tropical depression, it was the wettest tropical cyclone on record to affect Puerto Rico. [90] The depression left 10,000 people homeless across Puerto Rico, [91] with 3,000 housed in emergency shelters in San Juan. [92] At least 600 houses were destroyed and another 1,000 damaged. [93]
Sirens warned residents in the nearby municipality of Toa Baja to evacuate their homes in case of flooding. Puerto Rico's power grid was wiped out in 2017 by Hurricane Maria, which slammed the ...
For Puerto Rico, the worst of the storm is Tuesday night into early Wednesday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
The Yauco River (Spanish: Río Yauco) is a river that goes through Guayanilla and Yauco, municipalities in Puerto Rico. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Antonio Lucchetti Dam and Reservoir is on the Yauco River.