Flood, San Juan and Vicinity
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan and Vicinity County, West Portion
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flood in Puerto Rico, April 30, 2002
Heavy rains caused landslides and various roads to flood in Bayamon affecting some residences. In addition, urban flooding was reported in Toa Alta.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 landslides and various roads to flood in Bayamon affecting some residences. In addition, urban flooding was reported in Toa Alta.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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: 5292832.