Urban and small stream flood advisory issued for St. Croix

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CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will have episodes of sunshine, a thunderstorm in spots this morning, followed by a shower in spots this afternoon and a high of 87, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will be partly cloudy with a low of 75, according to AccuWeather.

Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are expected today due to the influence of a trough in our area, the National Weather Service said.

Due to saturated soils and stream-flows running high, the flood threat is significant over central Puerto Rico, according to NWS.

Northside, St. Thomas got 10.8 inches of rain from April 18 to May 6, 2025, the NWS said.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.