11.   Rodriguez, who is from Caguas in the eastern interior of this U.S. Caribbean territory, was ill throughout his childhood.

12.   Skies were partly sunny over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this morning while scattered showers developed over the eastern interior of Puerto Rico.

13.   Soon after, this precipitation crossed into the eastern interior.

14.   The skies were mostly sunny this morning across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands but towering cumulus clouds were getting started over the eastern interior by late morning.

15.   These showers drifted northwestward into the eastern interior.

16.   This prompted an urban and small stream flood advisory and a flash flood watch for the rivers across the eastern interior to southeast.