Overview
- Mexico’s civil protection agency maintains a preventive alert as SMN forecasts intense rainfall of 75–150 mm in Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco, alongside a very strong to intense Norte with coastal waves and gusts over 100 km/h.
- Mexico City activated Orange and Yellow alerts for early Sunday, warning of 1–3 °C with frost in seven boroughs and 4–6 °C in nine others between 00:00 and 09:00.
- SMN projects subzero temperatures across highlands, including -15 to -10 °C in serranías of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Nuevo León, and possible snow or sleet above 3,800 m on peaks such as Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl, Pico de Orizaba and Nevado de Toluca.
- Despite the front’s eastward shift, the Norte will persist across the southeast—especially the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec with 80–100 km/h gusts—while authorities warn of flooding, landslides and hazardous marine conditions.
- In the United States, New York City officials report 13 cold-related deaths during the ongoing winter storm, and Texas cities have opened warming centers for vulnerable residents.