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Flash Flood — Southwest, Puerto Rico

May 18, 2004 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$4K
Area
Southwest

Event narrative (NOAA)

A local television meteorologist reported that three persons were swept away by a swollen small stream in the Pedernales sector of Cabo Rojo. Two were rescued, but a flood death ocurred when the car stalled crossing the flooded bridge over small stream Los Sosas on highway 103.

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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.

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