The Yauco River () is a river that goes through
Guayanilla and
Yauco, municipalities in Puerto Rico.
The Antonio Lucchetti Dam and
Reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
is on the Yauco River.
Hurricane Maria
Significant rainfall from
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths. It is the ...
on September 20, 2017 caused the Yauco River to overflow, flooding and decimating entire neighborhoods.
Gallery
Rio de Yauco (1907).jpg, Yauco River, circa 1907
Hurricane Maria recovery, Jim Smith withUSGS inside the Antonio Lucchetti Dam on the Yauco River in Puerto Rico.jpg, Antonio Lucchetti Dam on the Yauco River
See also
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List of rivers of Puerto Rico
List of rivers in Puerto Rico ( U.S. Commonwealth), sorted by drainage basin and then alphabetically. There are 47 main rivers and 24 lagoons or reservoirs.
Most of Puerto Rico's rivers originate in the . There are four slopes through which rainw ...
References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico
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