Friday, July 25, 2025

Hurricane and tropical storm soak Morelia, Michoacán, cause widespread flooding

Intense rainfall in Morelia, Michoacán, today has left at least 27 neighborhoods flooded and derailed a freight train.

Civil Protection officials said the Grande river overflowed its banks while other drivers and drainage systems in the municipality were at 100% capacity.

The worst affected areas were Ventura Puente, Carlos Salazar, Jacarandas, Los Manantiales and Industrial, where floodwaters were as much as a meter deep and hundreds of homes were flooded.

The extremely wet weather is the effect of Hurricane Willa and Tropical Storm Vicente.

Heavy rain is expected to continue in the next few hours.

Ground softened by heavy rains was not firm enough to support a freight train passing near Atapaneo.

Two locomotives and three rail cars rolled over off the tracks into adjacent, flooded farmland.

Two of the crew were treated for minor injuries, Civil Protection officials said.

Personnel from Kansas City Western are currently assessing the condition of the track.

Source: Televisa (sp), adn40 (sp)

Have something to say? Paid Subscribers get all access to make & read comments.
inside a Cruz Roja ambulance

A year after El Mayo’s capture, Sinaloa’s capital is seen as Mexico’s most dangerous city 

0
A survey of Culiacán residents found that a staggering 90.8% of them feel their city is unsafe, more than double the figure from a year ago and higher than any other urban area in Mexico
President Sheinbaum at the podium during her mañanera press conference on July 25.

Sheinbaum condemns war in Gaza: Friday’s mañanera recapped

1
The president reiterated her support for peaceful coexistence between "the state of Israel and the state of Palestine." She also vowed to "pacify" the troubled state of Sinaloa.
Alicia Bárcena and Zeldin hold up copies of a signed agreement to fund sewage treatment for the Tijuana River

Mexico and US sign agreement to end Tijuana sewage crisis

6
For decades, raw sewage flowing into the Tijuana River has washed into the Pacific Ocean, polluting beaches on both sides of the border— a problem the deal aims to solve by the end of 2027.
BETA Version - Powered by Perplexity