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Flash Flood — Western Interior, Puerto Rico
September 7, 2004 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$15K
Area
Western Interior
Event narrative (NOAA)
A near severe thunderstorm drifted over Adjuntas during the afternoon causing heavy rainfall which caused the loss of a life as river Yayales, a small tributary of river Guilarte, surged out of its banks and flowed across the intersections of roads 131 and 135. A 59 year old woman drove a car into the moving waters, attempted to escape her car and was drowned.
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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.