Since there were no human losses, local authorities declared a “white balance.”
The passage of Hurricane “Helene” along the northern coast of Quintana Roo and near the Yucatán Peninsula, as a Category 1, generated heavy rains that caused flooding and material damage, without claiming lives.
Now “Helene” has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane.
In Cancún, Quintana Roo, there were severe floods on the main streets and avenues of the city and in the tourist area, as well as fallen trees, disruption of transportation services, power outages, and damage to small docks.
Since there were no human losses, local authorities declared a “white balance”; however, due to winds with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h and continuous rains since Tuesday night and Wednesday, it has been difficult for the city and the tourist area to regain operability.
The focus of the hydrometeorological phenomenon passed this Wednesday off the coast of Quintana Roo, still as a tropical storm, but it became a Category 1 hurricane during that journey, declared Governor Mara Lezama, who noted that 276,000 tourists remain in the state, sheltered in their hotels.
The cloud bands extended over a wide radius, causing the closure of at least 15 main avenues due to flooding that prevented vehicular traffic, a situation also felt in the tourist area, at the height of Punta Cancún, completely flooded in front of Plaza Forum.
The Secretariat of Citizen Security attended to about thirty requests for support with cranes, free of charge, for mechanical failures or to remove fallen trees and branches that obstructed road traffic.
Meanwhile, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that 144,142 users were affected by power outages, of which 94% had their service restored by Wednesday night.
Source: El Informador
