Chetumal, Q.R. — Military personnel have set up emergency stations in the three states that will be affected by Hurricane Beryl. The personnel were sent in planes loaded with supplies to serve the Yucatan Peninsula ahead of the storm’s arrival.
Plans DN-III-E of the army and GN-A of the National Guard are being implemented in states of Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo. The emergency plan means 2,392 army and air force soldiers and 2,501 elements of the National Guard are being deployed to offer assistance in the 120 emergency shelters that have already been set up.
Through a statement, the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) said the emergency plans include portable kitchens that are able to provide 6,000 hot meals per day. The plans also include heavy machinery, 10,000 liter water tankers, military ambulances, cargo dump trucks and forklifts for immediate use.
A federal C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Mexican Air Force is being used to transport personnel, supplies, material and equipment from the Sedena Strategic Collection Center to the Chetumal International Airport for the establishment of the DN-III-E and GN-A Hurricane Operations Coordination Center.
In their Tuesday statement, Sedena (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional) says the temporary Centre is being set up at the Chetumal International Airport to serve the Yucatan Peninsula. That airport puts them in a position to initiate a permanent air and land bridge with Mexican Air Force aircraft and Mexican Army and National Guard tractor-trailers to be able to assist where needed.
