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Flash Flood — Southeast, Puerto Rico

September 21, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Southeast

Event narrative (NOAA)

Flooding was reported at Barrio Olimpo, Barrio Machete along road 744, Villa Capo along road 179 in Guayama. One resident of was swept underneath an automobile by the river Guamani currents and drowned. Another person suffered a heart attack as he was bailing flood water out of his home.

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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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