Portugués Urbano attracted attention when , in 1985 , over 100 people were buried in their sleep from a landslide as a result of heavy rains , in the Mameyes sector of Barrio Portugués Urbano . On October 7 , 1985 , Ponce was the scene of this major tragedy , when at least 129 people lost their lives to a mudslide in the Mameyes sector of Barrio Portugués Urbano . The heavy rains were part of the 1985 Puerto Rico floods . International help was needed to rescue people and corpses . The United States and many other countries , including Mexico , France , and Venezuela , sent economic , human , and machinery relief . The municipal government , subsequently , moved the remaining residents of the sector to newly built homes in a safer area of the municipality
1985 Puerto Rico floods
1985 Puerto Rico floods
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