Puerto Rico, 1999

Flood in Puerto Rico, June 9, 1999

June 9, 1999 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rains caused a pipe to collapse flooding several houses in Caimito sector in San Juan.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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.

Heavy rains caused a pipe to collapse flooding several houses in Caimito sector in San Juan.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, San Juan

When
June 9, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where
San Juan County, San Juan
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5708791.