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1970 – Caribbean–Azores hurricane struck Puerto Rico as a tropical depression, it was the wettest tropical cyclone on record to affect Puerto Rico. [90] The depression left 10,000 people homeless across Puerto Rico, [91] with 3,000 housed in emergency shelters in San Juan. [92] At least 600 houses were destroyed and another 1,000 damaged. [93]
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.
Hurricane Maria was among the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record and caused catastrophic damage in Puerto Rico in late September 2017. Originating from a tropical wave, it developed into a tropical depression on September 16 while situated to the east of the Lesser Antilles. Gradual intensification occurred over the next day or two and ...
Meanwhile, a tropical wave should become a tropical depression soon. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, it’s time to pay attention to Tropical Storm Philippe Skip to main content
The 1970 Caribbean–Azores hurricane was an unnamed Atlantic hurricane that became the wettest known tropical cyclone on record to affect the United States territory of Puerto Rico. [1] The long-lived system formed on September 24 just off the west coast of Africa, and for several days maintained a general westward track.
The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles could hit the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Ernesto before growing into a Category ...
A tropical wave departed the western coast of Africa on September 26, becoming entangled with an upper-level trough to form a subtropical depression by 06:00 UTC on October 6, about 265 mi (425 km) north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The depression recurved sharply northeast and quickly strengthened into Subtropical Storm Otto six hours ...
Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory's ...