Flooding in sector Moscu Tampico, Tamaulipas Mexico

Low pressure system off coast of Sinaloa and area of instability have caused seasons first rains in La Paz, capital of Baja California Sur. There has been virtually no electricity or water in the entire city since this morning. Forecast high is 100 F. Bummer.

There are 17 cases of DENGUE Fever there, too. Dengue, for those who don't know, will not kill you. It will at least make you terribly sick and miserable.

Tlatenango, Zacatecas has had a tragic flood event this morning caused by flooding of the Jaloco river. Over 15,000 people affected, 3 confirmed dead, 22 missing.

Veracruz and Tamaulipas are really in bad shape. There are 150,000 people who have lost homes and belongings in the area. Rivers there that have caused damage, along with mudslides, are rivers Panuco and Tamesi. Brigades are out to address health and epidemic issues- Tamaulipas declared a state of emergency recently due to DENGUE.

Three dead due to severe flooding in Tamaulipas. Heavy rains drench north-eastern Mexico, killing three as flooding continues. As aid is provided to thousands of affected residents, river levels start to decrease.

Fisherman and resident, Felipe Cardona states, "We didn't leave because we became confident, as the water had gone up before but not as much as now. It's going up nearly as it went up 15 years ago. It reached the window and still it went up two inches more. All we did was lift our things off the ground."

Heavy rains continued to cause severe flooding on Thursday (July 17, 2008) in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas in Mexico, killing three people. Aid has been provided to thousands of affected residents as river levels have started to decrease, authorities said.

Tlaltenango, state of Zacatecas, Mexico, 18 July 2008, where at least three people died and another 23 remain missing due to the Jaloco river's overflow that reached 2m and flooded 10 of the 15 neighbourhoods in the city of about 50,000 inhabitants.