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Querétaro Declares Emergency After Torrential Rains as Officials Scale Up Relief

Officials report roughly 2,200 homes damaged with over 2,600 residents already assisted.

Overview

  • The state issued an emergency decree for Querétaro, Corregidora and El Marqués to coordinate health, safety and recovery actions across three levels of government.
  • The capital’s municipal emergency order mandates temporary measures including canceling mass events, suspending public transport on affected routes, closing high‑risk businesses and restricting access to rivers and presas.
  • Authorities estimate more than 2,000 homes affected, confirm two deaths in Peñuelas and one person missing, and cite the rupture of the Peñuelas drain as a factor in the flooding.
  • Response operations include 239 brigades with over 1,200 personnel under coordinated protocols such as Plan DN‑III, shelters opened in the city, and deliveries of thousands of supplies including sandbags, food packages, water and cleaning kits.
  • In Morelia, Conagua carried out a controlled release at the Cointzio dam with an anticipated rise of up to 5 cm in the Río Grande de Morelia; protection civil units are patrolling 43 at‑risk neighborhoods while authorities report no current risk to the population.