Heavy Rain, Humacao
- When
- December 3, 1:05 PM AST to 1:15 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Luquillo
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, December 3, 1998
A rush of water in a stream in the Yunque Caribbean National Forest swept away three people killing two of them and injuring the other one.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
A rush of water in a stream in the Yunque Caribbean National Forest swept away three people killing two of them and injuring the other one.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain, Humacao | 1998-12-03 | 23 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Heavy Rain, Humacao | 1998-12-03 | 20 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, December 3 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 3 to 4, 1998
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 3 to 5, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, December 3 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 3 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, December 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5674162.