2024-08-05 01:16:51
Due to strong rains which have already begun to appear in different areas of the Mexico City and the risk in the next few hours, capital authorities made the decision to activate the yellow alert in the 16 mayoralties of the Metropolitan Area.
This Wednesday, July 31, through an information sheet, the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection of CDMX informed the inhabitants of all districts about the activation of this yellow alert, following the heavy rains that are forecast during the afternoon-evening of this day.
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In this regard, the capital’s agency detailed at 2:15 p.m. that between 2:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., rains of between 15 and 29 millimeters and possible hail are forecast in the following areas:
- Alvaro Obregon
- Azcapotzalco
- Benito Juarez
- Coyoacan
- Cuauhtémoc
- Cuajimalpa
- Gustavo A. Madero
- Iztacalco
- Iztapalapa
- Magdalena Contreras
- Miguel Hidalgo
- High Milpa
- Tláhuac
- Tlalpan
- Venustiano Carranza
- Xochimilco
He also recommended that residents of the capital carry umbrellas or raincoats and use rainwater to water plants. He also reminded residents to sweep drains and keep them free of trash or objects that block them and not to pour grease into the drain.
For motorists, however, he urged them to drive with caution, as they may find tree remains or objects dragged or knocked over.
I strongly urge you not to walk on roads with puddles or floods, and to stay away from places near walls, trees, power lines and billboards that are clearly at risk of falling.
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Weather July 31st
According to the report of the Meteorological Service (SMN) the weather conditions that occur are due to tropical depression Three-E that has intensified into tropical storm Carlotta in the Pacific Ocean, causing its cloud bands to cause very heavy to intense rains and wind with strong gusts in Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán and other states of the Mexican Republic, in addition to high waves and possible formation of waterspouts on the coasts of said states.
CSAS
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2024-08-05 01:16:51