Overview

• Jefa de Gobierno Clara Brugada announced 24 hydraulic works totaling 2.2 billion pesos for Iztapalapa to boost drainage capacity and reduce future flood risk.
• Of the total investment, 1.2 billion pesos will be spent this year, with work ordered to start immediately and some projects targeted for completion by May.
• Authorities began distributing 100 million pesos in emergency aid funded equally by the federal government and the city, using a tiered system of 8,000 to 50,000 pesos based on water depth.
• Initial disbursements included 347 payments of 8,000 pesos and 975 of 15,000 pesos, with a first tranche covering about 974 censused homes.
• Officials reported 29 affected neighborhoods and 2,547 damaged homes in Iztapalapa out of 3,521 citywide, after rains measured at 34.1 million cubic meters concentrated impacts in Iztapalapa and Tláhuac.