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Debris Flow — La Plato Dorado, Puerto Rico
January 21, 1997 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
One person died Tuesday night and another lost his leg when a rock slid off a mountain and crashed into the pickup these persons were riving along highway 156 heading from Naranjito to Comerio in Puerto Rico. Although the area where this incident occurred was not affected by significant flooding, the terrain was saturated due to the rains. This area is along the interior mountaineous section, an area where landslides, mudslides or rockslides are very common during or after heavy rains.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.