Winds reached more than 70 kilometers per hour in the municipal capital
Affectations caused by the guamúchil tree that fell due to the strong winds in Miguel Martínez street in the municipal headwaters. Photograph: Jazmín Stengel.
Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).- Winds of over 50 kilometers per hour in Ajijic and more than 70 (about 43 MPH) in Chapala were recorded for almost 15 minutes during the first rain of the season, which occurred on May 14, around 7:30 pm, according to Civil Protection and Firefighters of Jalisco.
According to reports from the director of Fire and Civil Protection in Chapala, Antonio Lorenzo Salazar Guerrero and the Municipal System of Potable Water and Sewage (SIMAPA), the result of the first rain in the municipality of Chapala was five fallen trees, damage to power lines and obstruction of water well number three.
Of the five trees, two fell in the Atotonilquillo delegation, one at the entrance on the Santa Rosa – La Barca highway and the second at the exit to Juanacatlán, damaging a light pole and telephone cables, which have already been repaired.
Another tree, almost 15 meters (50 feet) high, fell in La Floresta, a subdivision of Ajijic, blocking the road for almost an hour. The Fire and Civil Protection Departments removed it completely.
In the municipal capital, on Emiliano Zapata Street, a tree collapsed and took the perimeter fence of the neighboring land. On Miguel Martinez Street a guamúchil tree fell on the niche of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the gate of house number 480-A, taking down two walls and a metal sign.
Firemen and Civil Protection promised Eliba, owner of the property, that members of the Urban Development Department would come to assess the damage, but a week after the incident they still have not shown up.
In addition, water well number three, located on Teofilo Silva Street, was clogged with sediment, to the extent that only four liters of water per second could be extracted, when on a regular basis it gave 25 liters per second.
At the close of this edition, SIMAPA personnel were re-drilling the well to stabilize the water supply in the Las Redes and Barrio Nuevo subdivisions, located northeast of the municipal capital.
The effects of the rain were also felt in other areas. In school 1066 of Las Redes Chapala, damage was reported to a shade netting structure that was also damaged by the strong winds of the weekend, and was removed by Urban Planning personnel, after an assessment of the structure by Firefighters and Civil Protection.
«Having a municipality rich in green areas also entails risks,» explained Salazar Guerro. Neither Fire and Civil Protection, nor the Directorate of Ecology have conducted a total study of trees in the municipality, to identify how many of them are sick and at risk of collapsing.
Typically, upon receiving a report, the Fire Department and Civil Protection go to the site to diagnose the tree and determine its condition. For this reason, the director of Civil Protection made a request to the public to report to them any type of anomaly in trees in their gardens or public spaces.
Translated by Christalle Dalsted
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