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Weather Warnings Stretch From Mexico to Argentina to Spain as Storm Systems Intensify

Authorities urge precautions with forecasts highlighting hail, torrential downpours, dangerous gusts.

Overview

  • Argentina’s national weather service issued yellow alerts for storms and winds across at least eight provinces, warning of frequent lightning, possible hail, gusts near 90 km/h and 40–85 mm of rain.
  • Mendoza remains under a yellow alert with a forecast high near 31°C followed by isolated storms at night that could bring hail, lightning and gusts up to 70 km/h, with the alert expanding to more areas on Friday.
  • Mexico’s SMN/Conagua forecast torrential rain in southern Quintana Roo, very strong rain in Campeche and scattered showers from Veracruz to Chiapas, with a new cold front approaching the northwest to drive strong winds in Baja California tonight.
  • Spain’s AEMET expects widespread rain, a high chance of thunderstorms and southerly gusts reaching roughly 60–70 km/h in multiple municipalities across the province of Pontevedra.
  • In Mexico’s Hidalgo, Cold Front No. 13 brought a sharp temperature drop, three reported landslides and preventive evacuations, with most schools reopened except heavily affected sites and officials warning of continued slide risk on saturated slopes.