Los Cabos, Baja California Sur — Remnants of Tropical Storm Vance left large areas of Baja California Sur heavily damaged. Several vehicles were seen floating in the sea after being swept out Friday, while the main hospital was evacuated due to flooding.
At least two deaths were reported in Guaymas, Sonora, where two men died when their car was swept away by strong currents, trapping them under a bridge along Tetabiate Boulevard.
Members of the Fire Department, using the Aquatic Rescue team, carried out the maneuvers to recover the bodies of the men who drowned as a result of becoming trapped.
The Sonora victims were identified as 54 year old Juan José Carbadillo and Jesús Alberto Meléndez.
The rainfall in Guaymas started around 4:00 a.m. that caused flooding in different sectors of the municipality. Damage was also reported in Empalme where authorities deployed an emergency operation.
In Baja California Sur, heavy rainfall caused the overflowing of streams and eventual widespread flooding in San José del Cabo. Heavy rains turned intense around 10:00 a.m. that caused the evacuation of a main hospital.
At least 350 people from the IMSS clinic in San José del Cabo were evacuated after the water exceeded the 1.20-meter containment barriers and flooded the hospital, the IMSS reported.
Commander, Omar Barreras Núñez, who heads the local fire department, reported activating support brigades in the Costa Azul area, Ricardo Flores Magón stream, Santa Rosa neighborhood and in the El Tildillo area from where 12 people were rescued.
In Sinaloa, around 50 people were moved to a temporary shelter set up in a school in the town of Ceuta due to the intense rainfall that caused meter-deep flooding, reported Mayor Richard Millán Vázquez.
Across the area, authorities closed roads and suspended classes.
The rainfall was particularly intense at times in Cabo San Lucas where damage to roads has been reported, complicating traffic and leading to the rescue of a woman who was caught in a flash flood.
Civil Protection of Los Cabos warned that, according to the report of the National Meteorological Service (SMN), the rains will continue.
Earlier this week, Tropical Storm Vance was a category 2 hurricane as it meandered through the Pacific. The storm made landfall with high winds, flooding, surge, and tornado potential.
Vance is currently a post-tropical system and the 20th named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific this year.
