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[STORMREPORTS] Flooding and major storm hit Tijuana, Mexico.

From: felipenws (felipenws{at}yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Feb 24 2004 - 00:06:58 EST


A big storm that arrive from the south at Tijuana, B.C. Mexico. hit
last sunday, with very heavy rains, floods, mudslides, etc. and a
not confirm report of a missing person, and to this date (monday) no
report of death people. Being the heavist downpours periods between
9.30am to 2pm in the afternoon.

"More of 26 incomunicated "colonias", 18 rescued people of their
cars below the waters, three houses with structural damages, tens of
flooded houses and damages to roads were the balance of
precipitations." quote a local newspaper FRONTERA
(www.frontera.info),in the front page this monday, 23th, 2004.

The official rainfall total is: 36mm (1.44"), from the Protección
civil municipal (Civil defense office) in Downtown Tijuana; the
Comision Nacional del Agua "CNA" (National Water Commision) said
that in the El Alamar zone (eastern Tijuana) the total was: 62mm
(2.48")and the highest reported rainfall from all the reporting
stations sites that have CNA in several cities and parts of
Mexico,from a 24hr. period of sunday, 23th. (http://smn.cna.gob.mx/)

In my rain gauge at my home in Otay area(at higher elevation) from
12am sunday (22th.)to 1.30pm monday (23th.)was: 2.95"...

In Ensenada, Tecate and Mexicali, saw heavy rains, but no severe
problems like Tijuana.

The Weather Services forecast for the middle of this week more
possible heavy rains.

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