A dead, missing miner, mudslides and landslides: Nora’s mark in Jalisco

Enrique Alfaro, governor of Jalisco for Citizen movement (MC), acknowledged the damage left by the Hurricane Nora in the coastal municipalities of the entity, where a minor has died, disappeared, mudslides, landslides and river overflows.

Through their social networks, Alfaro Ramírez exposed this Sunday, August 29, the damage caused by exposure to rains and strong winds that the meteor brought with it and, at the same time, detailed the institutions that will deal with this damage.

“Although Hurricane Nora moves away from our shores, located 10 km north of Mazatlán, unfortunately last night he left serious damage during his stay in Jalisco, mainly in Puerto Vallarta and CihuatlanBegan the governor’s report.

The commune of Port of Vallarta was hit in the Cuale and El Pitillal rivers, because they overflowed, causing the disappearance of a minor and a woman who were dragged away with her vehicle, as well as the partial collapse of a downtown building and several floods.

“In Boca de Tomatlán, the Tomatlán river overflowed and in Cihuatlán the damage count continues in the houses affected by the overflow of the river El Pedregal in the municipalities of San Patricio Melaque and Villa Obregón“, He added in the Twitter thread.

In addition to the minor and the missing woman, the Colegio de México (ColMex) graduate said that a slope of land on the national road 428 dragged three men, one of them was rescued between Civil protection of Jalisco and Sedena, while on federal road 200, more than 11 landslides, trees and poles were cut down.

To cope with the emergency, Alfaro Ramírez said that there are 100 elements of the civil protection of the State and the security secretariat of Jalisco at different points of damage to protect the inhabitants of the areas. In addition to this, the System for the integral development of families (DIF) installed 12 inns and provide food and basic necessities.

To locate the minor and the missing woman in Puerto Vallarta, the government activated a cell of the group USE (Urban search and rescue), which got a response from the child’s locality.

“Unfortunately, the minor was found dead”

“This tragedy was caused by the partial collapse of a hotel in downtown Puerto Vallarta, due to the overflow of the Cuale River. To his family, who came to our port from Spain 7 years ago, and to his relatives, all our support and condolences. DEPAlfaro regretted.

Given the persistence of the woman’s disappearance, the governor said that locate tasks will continue until it is found.

“Search efforts, coordinated between different agencies to locate the woman who was dragged away with her vehicle, continues unabated. We will continue to inform you“, He assured on social networks.

Meanwhile, the hurricane continues its trajectory toward northwestern Mexico, with a presence in Sinaloa, so that Civil protection from that state reported that the meteor was reduced to a tropical storm and that its cloud bands could cause very heavy to torrential rains, very strong gusts of wind and high waves.

Finally, the National Water Commission (With water) explained that due to the passage of Hurricane Nora in northwestern Mexico, in the Mexico City and the State of Mexico there will be heavy rains, electric shocks and possible hail.

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