Some residents called it a refreshing break from the heat wave. They probably weren’t the ones who lost power, trees or incurred property damage when Cold Front 51 blew through this afternoon. Streets flooded and trees toppled as well when the cold front, much worse than predicted, sent a trough over the Gulf of Mexico…

The weather this week will be changeable, and clouds are already rolling in. This is actually typical of February in Yucatán. A new cold front has started to enter the area, and will generate scattered storms and a moderate “norte” event with maximum winds up to 55 kilometers per hour / 35 miles per hour,…

Tropical Storm Gamma will make landfall for a second time Tuesday morning, this time over Yucatan, state civil protection authorities said. The storm earlier entered the Peninsula from its Caribbean side over the weekend, bringing floods and power outages mostly to the eastern parts of Yucatan. Now it’s threatening to pass through the state’s western…

Another tropical wave will arrive no later than Saturday, bringing potential thunderstorms this weekend. The storms are due to a pair of tropical waves and instability in upper levels of the atmosphere, said meteorologist Juan Antonio Palma. Tropical wave No. 11 arrived Wednesday and will interact with a vortex at higher levels of the troposphere….

A healthy baby boy was born to a 22-year-old Kancab woman who was evacuated from floodwaters while in labor. The patient was rescued taken by a fishing boat at the height of Tropical Storm Cristobal’s flooding last week. The baby was born 12:52 p.m. Sunday weighing 2.95 kilograms / 6.5 pounds, said Tekax General Hospital’s…

Tropical Storm Cristóbal took the life of a 54-year-old man who attempted to swim across a flooded road to pass groceries to the other side of the street.

Cristobal left Yucatan a little parting gift on the way to Louisiana. And it explains the odd odor many residents noticed last night and this morning after the storm left. No, it wasn’t overloaded septic systems or contaminated groundwater. Cristobal blew gaseous vapors from lagoons in the Peninsula’s north down to us, he said. Meteorologist…

Hours ago, the raging weather system headed north toward the United States, but skies will remain unsettled Saturday in Yucatan.

For the western Yucatan Peninsula, a yellow alert has been declared by the state Civil Protection Committee as Tropical Storm Cristobal hovers over Campeche.

Tropical Storm Cristobal blew ashore and weakened, but will brush by closer to the Yucatan Peninsula as early as Thursday. Cristobal made landfall in Campeche, dumping heavy rain on the already soaked region, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The Army evacuated 138 people after floodwaters threatened homes, and police in Campeche reported water washing…

The Ministry of National Defense helped evacuate 60 families in Yaxcabá whose homes were severely flooded in Tuesday’s storm. Some residents feared leaving their belongings behind and refused to be directed to an emergency shelter. Personnel from the 20th Motorized Cavalry Regiment, from the 32nd Military Zone, have provided assistance in cleaning flooded homes, as…

Today’s rains are just the beginning. Tropical Storm Cristobal is nearly stalled in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, bringing life-threatening flooding to parts of Central America and Mexico, weather forecasters said. Another 10 to 20 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts, is expected the next several days in Yucatan, Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Campeche and…

Tropical storm Amanda has caused torrential downpours today, not only in Yucatan but also from Chiapas to Quintana Roo, reported Conagua, the national weather service. What was at first a tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific was upgraded to named tropical storm early today. Amanda made landfall 50 kilometers south-southeast of Guatemala and 200 kilometers…

It looks like even Cordonazo is in quarantine. Or maybe the meteorological phenomenon that seafarers dread every year is lost at sea. But there’s still time for it to arrive, with a vengeance. The powerful squall known locally as the “Cordonazo de la Santa Cruz”, or the squall of the holy cross, has a habit…

Merida, Yucatan — Rain, lightning, winds and hail hit the region Sunday evening with one of the strongest storms in recent memory. The center and south of Yucatan received the worst of the deluge. Residents reported squeegeeing rainwater from their homes. Foreshadowed by dark clouds, the rain fell on Merida starting around 5 p.m., lasting…