Search continues for vacationing Wisconsin man missing in Puerto Rico
The Associated Press first reported Monday that Abdur Rahman, 64, was hiking with a group when he became separated from them on Sunday.
It is not known at this time where Rahman lives in Wisconsin.
According to a tweet from the Office of Emergency Management, four different groups, each with search dogs, continue to search for "the tourist" who disappeared in the nearly 29,000-acre El Yunque National Forest. It is the only tropical rainforest overseen by the United State's national forest system. Drones were also being used.
Authorities also said that Rahman's family members, who had gone into the forest in the early morning hours to find him, were located and were safe, according to Puerto Rican news outlet El Vocero.
Family members told the police that Rahman is diabetic and has heart issues, according to El Vocero.
Police said Rahman was a tourist staying in an Airbnb in Naguabo, a beach town on Puerto Rico's east coast near the rainforest.
Rainy and foggy conditions have made the search more difficult, authorities said, El Vocero reported.
Parts of the country are at risk of flooding, and coastal areas are at risk of rip currents, according to the National Weather Service in San Juan. Emergency management authorities on Sunday cited two cases where people drowned -- one in a river and one on the beach -- and a third case, in the rainforest region where crews are now searching, where someone was injured.
Jessica Van Egeren is an assistant breaking news editor with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She can be reached at 608-320-3535 or jvanegeren@gannett.com.
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