MEXICO CITY (AP) — Torrential rains have pressured Mexico Metropolis’s foremost airport to close down flights for hours for the second consecutive day, stirring chaos in one in all Latin America’s busiest airports.
The flight disruptions come because the Mexican capital experiences one in all its heaviest wet seasons in years, resulting in fixed flooding in different components of the town.
After suspending all flights for a minimum of 4 hours early Tuesday, aeronautic authorities mentioned they have been capable of get one runway up and operating, however that overwhelming majority of them remained out of service.
Round 20,000 passengers have been impacted by flight cancellations, delays and rerouting, in keeping with airport authorities.
Passengers have reported quite a few cancellations and delays this week as heavy rains proceed to fall on the Mexican capital.
Alicia Nicanor, 69, mentioned her Sunday flight to the northern metropolis of Tijuana was cancelled and when she returned Tuesday morning for her early morning flight, it was additionally cancelled.
“I informed them I’ve to go, as a result of I’ve an essential appointment with my physician, however they did not hear,” she mentioned.
Mexico Metropolis Mayor Clara Brugada mentioned that heavy rains on Sunday flooded the town’s foremost plaza, generally known as the Zócalo, with greater than 3 inches, a lot of which poured down in simply 20 minutes. It broke a report set in 1952.
In the meantime, movies from the town’s south present floating vehicles on flooded streets was flowing rivers, even changing into the topic of web memes.
The flooding has fueled criticism by some within the capital, who say they’re an indication of bigger infrastructure failures by the town’s authorities.
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