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Swollen Rivers Kill Ten in Jalisco and Durango; Rescuers Continue Searches

Rescue crews continue operations, warning drivers to avoid crossing flooded roads

Overview

  • Protección Civil de Jalisco reports nine fatalities from swollen rivers this rainy season, including a 9-year-old girl found trapped in a tree in Atotonilco el Alto.
  • In Durango’s Mezquital region, the state’s aquatic rescue squad recovered the body of 11-year-old Nestor Daniel from Río La Chuza and transferred it to the Forensic Medical Service for a necropsy.
  • Searches continue for missing people, including Vanessa Elizabeth Espino Estrada in Zapopan and a 44-year-old woman and 9-year-old boy whose off-road vehicle overturned in an Arandas ecological park.
  • Authorities have issued travel advisories warning residents and motorists to avoid flooded roads, arroyos and river crossings after waterways reached above-normal streamflow levels.
  • Data from the National Water Information System show a 3 percent rainfall surplus in Durango this season, driving high streamflows despite below-average reservoir storage.