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Mexico City Sets Weeklong Relief Plan After Iztapalapa Floods, Announces Vaso Regulador

Relief is scheduled for this week with insurance adjusters on site.

Overview

  • Officials said the damage census will conclude in the coming hours and provisional supports will be delivered no later than Friday, October 3.
  • The city activated its insurance and adjusters are visiting affected homes starting Monday to document losses and process claims.
  • Authorities opened a community dining hall for breakfast, lunch and dinner, began distributing new mattresses, and organized cleaning support for households.
  • The government deployed 100 police, 25 risk and civil protection operatives, and 20 firefighters with seven units to pump out water and clear debris in Iztapalapa and Tláhuac.
  • City leaders quantified the September 27 storm at about 30 million cubic meters of rain and reported impacts across Iztapalapa, Tláhuac, Venustiano Carranza and Gustavo A. Madero, while prioritizing a new vaso regulador at Ermita and Camino a San Miguel and targeted drainage repairs.