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The rainfall recorded on September 13–14, 1928, remains the record for the maximum rainfall associated with a hurricane in Puerto Rico within a period of forty-eight hours. In those regions where precipitation is more common place, as in Adjuntas in the Cordillera Central and in the Sierra de Luquillo, the rain was over 25 inches (640 mm ...
Hurricane-force winds drove this 10-foot (3 m) piece of 2x4 lumber through a palm tree in Puerto Rico during the 1928 Okerchobee hurricane, known in Puerto Rico as the San Felipe II hurricane September 13, 1928 – Okeechobee hurricane , also known as the San Felipe II hurricane, was a major hurricane that made landfall near Guayama as a ...
The most significant storm of the season, the Okeechobee hurricane, struck Puerto Rico as a Category 5 hurricane. Several islands of the Greater and Lesser Antilles suffered "great destruction", especially Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico. The storm then crossed the Bahamas as a Category 4 hurricane, leaving deaths and severe damage on some islands.
Tuesday was the president's first visit to the U.S. territory since hurricanes ravaged the island nearly two weeks ago.
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.
"Trump threw paper towels and called Puerto Rico 'dirty' and 'poor,'" the singer griped amid uproar over racist jokes at a Trump rally. "But I was not surprised." Marc Anthony Condemns Trump's ...
U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, an Orlando Democrat, called on the Puerto Rican voters to punish Trump and his allies for the insults, from the comic's "despicable" jokes to Trump's 2017 paper towel toss ...
1928 Hurricane: 3,000 $800 million (2005 USD) 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane: Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Florida 4,078+ believed dead total. About 2,500 died in Florida and 500 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico. 1927 Flood: 246 $400 million Great Mississippi Flood of 1927: Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi ...