Rip Current, Arecibo
- When
- March 11, 6:00 AM AST to 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arecibo County, Arecibo
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Rip Current in Puerto Rico, March 11, 1999
Two men drowned on the Cueva del Indio Beach in Arecibo while fishing. They were swept out to sea by a strong tide surge.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- 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.
Two men drowned on the Cueva del Indio Beach in Arecibo while fishing. They were swept out to sea by a strong tide surge.
Event by event
1 rip current. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Arecibo | 1999-03-11 | 27 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Arecibo | 1999-03-11 | 40 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 11 to 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11 to 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 11 to 13, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 11, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 11 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 11, 1999
- Waterspouts in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 11, 1999
- Flood in Indiana, March 11 to 14, 1999
- Cold in Alaska, March 11 to 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, March 1999
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: 5692035.