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Argentina and Mexico Post Multi-Hazard Weather Alerts as Winds, Zonda and Heavy Rains Build

Officials urge precautions as overlapping systems trigger flood risk, damaging winds, extreme heat.

Overview

  • Argentina’s meteorological service issued yellow alerts across nine provinces for westerly winds of 50–70 km/h with mountain gusts near 100 km/h, plus Zonda episodes in Mendoza’s precordillera and Malargüe.
  • In the AMBA region, forecasters kept a low-to-moderate chance of brief afternoon showers near 40% with breezy conditions.
  • Córdoba faces a yellow wind alert with gusts up to about 75 km/h, as road police warn of dust-reduced visibility and extreme wildfire danger and urge cautious travel.
  • Mexico’s SMN/Conagua forecast strong to intense rainfall from the interaction of Cold Front No. 3, the Mexican monsoon and Tropical Wave 31, with thunderstorms, possible hail and widespread gusty winds.
  • Mexico City activated a purple alert in Tlalpan for rainfall above 70 mm after morning flooding and transit effects, while northern states such as Sonora remain under extreme heat forecasts of 40–45 °C.