Here are some of the highlights (or low lights) on the damages from Hurricane Norbert taken from the newspaper El Vigia.
The hurricane came onto land in Sonora at Yavaros, which would be about 275 kms. south of us. We visited the little town of Yavaros in January 2006 ,it is a small pueblo and it did not look like the most prosperous of places, I am sure that the hurricane will cause much hardship there.
Some of the photos that I took in Yavaros, January of 2006.
The Valle del Mayo in the municipality of Huatabampo received 150 kilometer per hour winds. One town, Bacabachi received 139 mm. of rain, Alamos received 100 mm.. Sadly in Alamos there were 3 deaths because of the storm. according to El Vigia newspaper.
The hurricane came onto land in Sonora at Yavaros, which would be about 275 kms. south of us. We visited the little town of Yavaros in January 2006 ,it is a small pueblo and it did not look like the most prosperous of places, I am sure that the hurricane will cause much hardship there.
Some of the photos that I took in Yavaros, January of 2006.
The Valle del Mayo in the municipality of Huatabampo received 150 kilometer per hour winds. One town, Bacabachi received 139 mm. of rain, Alamos received 100 mm.. Sadly in Alamos there were 3 deaths because of the storm. according to El Vigia newspaper.
La Voz del Puerto newspaper says that there were 4 deaths and still 1 person missing. La Voz also says that 60 cars were carried away by the current of the Arroyo La Aduana. Bridges within the city are destroyed and many, many homes and businesses are damaged. Many people had to climb onto the roofs of their homes to avoid being swept away. The newspaper article is here.
You can read more about the damages to Alamos here, the picture below of the main road connecting Alamos to Navajoa was taken from the above site.
You can read more about the damages to Alamos here, the picture below of the main road connecting Alamos to Navajoa was taken from the above site.
You can see more photos of the damages here .
Photo from La Voz del Puerto newspaper.
The governor of the state and the director of civil protection have already toured the area and looked at the damages so hopefully help will be forthcoming.
The mayor of Guaymas has promised help and support to the city of Alamos to aid in the cleaning up process.
