Posted on 03/24/2020 2:15:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A hailstorm that hit Mexico City Saturday caused the collapse of two sections of roof over a market warehouse that left five injured and six trapped.
Myriam Úrzua, secretary of Gestión Integral de Riesgos and Protección Civil said the collapse happened in Iztapalapa around 6:17 p.m. in the vegetable area of Central de Abasto. He explained that during a heavy hail storm, two sections of roof collapsed due to the weight of the accumulation of hail.
He reported that five people suffered injuries, of which three were minor and two, with back injuries due to falling debris. The six trapped people were rescued without injury by firefighters and civil protection personnel, the agency reported.
Approximately 200 commercial shops were affected by the collapse. The area has received a weather warning of more rain and strong winds.
Jeez, what’s next, locusts?
I thought people lived in Mexico for the warm weather.
There are locusts in Africa and Asia now.
Darn! I’m glad to see injuries were few and pretty minor, but what a thing to happen!
I know that.
No hail in those areas, though.
before or after the cartels looted it
If the virus don’t getcha, the roof fragments will!
There were few injuries because most of Mexico is here now................
Hopefully it killed all the bats.
There was also a freak hailstorm in Mexico last July.
In August, 2004 in Clayton New Mexico 14 inches of hail fell followed by 5 inches of rain that washed it into the river where it backed up into hail glaciers.
In theory, any place with thunderstorms can get hail, but seeing that amount right on the city is a surprise.
Hail glaciers... Impressive
Hail glaciers... Impressive
Squantos went through a major hail event a few years ago, in that strange state just east of us.
One per continent.. seems fair.
Except for Corona. It is an equal opportunity plague.
There have been hailstorms in Asia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costly_or_deadly_hailstorms#Asia
And in Africa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costly_or_deadly_hailstorms#Africa
As well as in Australia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costly_or_deadly_hailstorms#Oceania
Who cares?
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