Overview

• A potent electrical storm on August 12 brought heavy rain, strong gusts and lightning that delayed flights, triggered localized flooding and caused brief power outages in Mexico City.
• Airport officials suspended operations at the Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México when encharcamientos and low visibility affected runways.
• Protección Civil renewed safety warnings urging people to shelter in solid buildings or enclosed vehicles and to avoid high ground, isolated trees, metal structures and bodies of water.
• Federal agencies reminded residents to apply the 30-30 rule, unplug electrical devices and avoid using corded phones or touching plumbing during thunderstorms.
• SMN/Conagua, Cenapred and NOAA scientists explained that warm, moist air rising into unstable layers forms cumulonimbus clouds, producing lightning and thunder in Mexico’s peak storm season.