Strong winds rustled the valley of Mexico leaving chaos and death

by patgarcia | January 24, 2008 at 06:11 am | 679 views | 3 comments | 12 recommendations

Strong winds that rustled at 70 kilometers per hour, beat upon the valley of Mexico during 100 minutes, leaving a total of two dead persons and nine wounded, it uprooted 50 trees, and damaged 19 vehicles, knocked down 19 spectacular banners and started eight fires.
Twenty neighborhoods in 12  of the 16 delegations of  The Federal District resulted affected by the strong winds  that were preceded by a sequence of  thunder and ended without electric energy, which on a scale effect, generated traffict jams in ample areas of the city.
translation by patgarcia

Vientos huracanados que crujían a 70 kilómetros por hora, azotaron ayer el valle de México durante 100 minutos, y dejaron un saldo de dos personas muertas y nueve heridas, arrancó 50 árboles, dañó 19 vehículos y tiró 15 espectaculares y provocó ocho incendios.
 
Veinte colonias en 12 de las 16 delegaciones del Distrito Federal, resultaron afectadas y entre las ráfagas precedidas por una secuencia de truenos, terminaron sin energía eléctrica que, en un efecto a escala, generó congestionamientos viales en amplias partes de la ciudad.
 
El fenómeno comenzó al iniciar la noche a 50 kilómetros por hora, que registró mayor intensidad en las zonas donde hay edificios altos, que provocaron corredowres que aceleraron el viento.
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Awesome photos, Pat. Did you take those yourself?

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Thanks for the flag ! The pictures are awesome indeed, they were taken by  Fernando Ramírez, David Jaramillo and others from / EL UNIVERSAL, the newspaper I translated the news from.

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