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Alarm in Mexico due to heavy rains in northern and central regions

Photo: EFE

August 5|

Given the alarming weather situation due to heavy rains in the northern and central regions of Mexico, authorities on Friday called on the population to take precautions and stay informed about the potential danger of a hurricane in the coming hours.

The general coordinator of the National Meteorological Service (SMN), Alejandra Margarita Méndez Girón, announced that “In the next hours, the cloud bands of low pressure with cyclonic potential, located in the Pacific Ocean, will cause clouds and rains in Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco and Michoacán”.

The specialist predicted that the oceanic low pressure system will maintain its west-northwest course, parallel to the coasts of Michoacán and Colima, with real possibilities of intensifying, presumably becoming tropical depression Six-E during the night or early Saturday morning.

Méndez Girón pointed out that the meteorological phenomenon would exhibit winds between 62 and 118 kilometers per hour and its center would be located approximately 200 kilometers off the coasts of Michoacán and Colima. If it intensifies, it would reach the category of tropical storm in a few hours, renaming itself Eugene.

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Meteorological sources emphasized that the rains would affect Baja California Sur, particularly in the municipalities of Los Cabos and La Paz, but that the phenomenon will gradually lose strength and organization, moving away from the Mexican coasts as of Monday.

The manager of Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Attention of the National Water Commission (Conagua), Leonardo González Neri, insisted on the high capacity of response to the phenomenon thanks to the existence in the area of Regional Centers of Emergency Attention (CRAE’s).

The official emphasized that these are in Guadalajara, Jalisco and La Paz, Baja California Sur, where there are specialized personnel and equipment to collaborate with the three orders of government in the attention of any adverse situation that may arise.

The authorities’ request to the population to be alert and informed of the recommendations, warnings and alerts on the evolution of meteorological phenomena is aimed at reducing risks to the greatest extent possible, emphasized González Neri.

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