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The Yauco River ( es, Río Yauco) is a river that goes through
Guayanilla Guayanilla (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about west of Ponce. Guayanilla is spread over 16 ...
and
Yauco Yauco () is a town and municipality in southern Puerto Rico. Although the downtown is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco is located south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana G ...
, municipalities in Puerto Rico. The Antonio Lucchetti Dam and
Reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
is on the Yauco River.


Hurricane Maria

Significant rainfall from
Hurricane Maria Hurricane Maria was a deadly Saffir–Simpson scale#Category 5, Category 5 Tropical cyclone, hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the wo ...
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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USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-river-stub