Over 120 dead and missing, 100 000 homes damaged as severe floods sweep through Mexico

At least 64 people have died and 65 remain missing after days of torrential rain triggered severe flooding and landslides across several Mexican states, including Veracruz, Hidalgo, and Puebla. The events damaged nearly 100 000 homes, destroyed infrastructure, and prompted a large-scale rescue and relief operation involving the Mexican armed forces and civil protection units. #weather #flood #MXwx #Mexicowx
https://watchers.news/2025/10/14/over-120-dead-and-missing-100-000-homes-damaged-as-severe-floods-sweep-through-mexico/

The thunderstorms today grew explosively in southern New Mexico and extreme west Texas.

Their outflow gust front (derecho?) pushed into northeast Chihuahua, Mexico.

Also note the Kármán vortex street downwind of Isla Guadalupe
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.0879863,-118.1506524,8.16z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

#NewMexico #NMwx #Texas #TXwx #ElPaso #Chihuahua #MXwx #Thunderstorms #Derecho #Wind #Dust #Vortex #Aerodynamics

Today's (Tuesday, 13 May) dust storm development over the southwest US was extensive.

This visible light weather satellite loop shows several things:

- The worst part of the dust storm developed over southern New Mexico, extreme west Texas (El Paso), and extreme northern Chihuahua, Mexico.

- High winds were quite widespread, and as the sun angle gets low just before sunset you can see dust being kicked up over the northeast corner of Arizona, southern California, and northern Baja California, Mexico.

- The Greer fire in east Arizona, close to the New Mexico state line, is very active and grows quickly with an obvious smoke plume. After sunset, the very end of the satellite loop switches to infrared, and a large black dot (heat signature) replaces the smoke plume.

https://app.watchduty.org/i/48507

This is a follow up to
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/114502610383486085
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/114503132123414456

#NewMexico #NMwx #Wind #Dust #DustStorm #Drought #Texas #TXwx #CAwx #ElPaso #Chihuahua #Mexico #MXwx #Fire

Yet another dust storm over the southeast half of New Mexico, far west Texas, the Texas panhandle, Oklahoma panhandle, extending into Colorado and Kansas.

The dust is coming from prehistoric lake beds in northern Chihuahua, Mexico:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Palomas

"Presently its basin is a major source of airborne dust in the region."

With the severe drought conditions in this region, it takes far weaker winds to create these dust storms compared to previous decades. Visibility at my house is less than 1/2 mile.

Note that the dust is tan, but that the gypsum dust from White Sands is paler. A fire is burning in northeast Sonora, Mexico...the smoke plume is bluish. A fire develops in central New Mexico (Rio Grande valley, town of Socorro) at the end of the animation loop. https://app.watchduty.org/i/47153

#NewMexico #NMwx #TXwx #COwx #MXwx #Chihuahua #OKwx #KSwx #DustStorm #Wind #Dust #Drought #Texas #ElPaso #WhiteSands

Today's dust storm covers over half of New Mexico and parts of west Texas and northern Chihuahua in Mexico...and keeps going into Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

#NewMexico #Texas #Colorado #Oklahoma #Kansas #Chihuahua #Mexico #NMwx #TXwx #COwx #OKwx #KSwx #MXwx

Dust storm in southern New Mexico. Not an April Fools joke.

Many highways closed due to zero visibility.

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-Desert_SW-truecolor-48-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

https://www.nmroads.com/default.html?

#NMwx #Dust #DustStorm #Wind #NewMexico #Texas #TXwx #Mexico #MXwx #Chihuahua

Last night's dust storm over New Mexico continued to rage through the night, and sunrise shows it has reached Louisiana, Arkansas, and other states to the north of them. (See screenshot - dust storm is highlighted with red dots.)

This is a follow up to yesterday's toot/post: https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/114187160615114653

#NewMexico #NMwx #Texas #TXwx #Mexico #MXwx #Dust #DustStorm #Wind #Louisiana #LAwx #Arkansas #ARwx

Dust storm and many wind driven fires in the southwest US. Same song, 22nd verse.

One fire is about a half hour drive from me:
https://app.watchduty.org/i/44174

"Emergency personnel were juggling road closures due to dust storms and high winds—San Augustin Pass, just east of Las Cruces, reported a gust at 93 mph.

US Highway 54 was briefly closed from the southern Otero County line near El Paso to the northern Otero County and Lincoln County lines due to high winds, blowing dust and vehicle wrecks. Crews could be heard over the radio leaving an accident on Highway 54 to head towards the Mayhill-adjacent fire.

The Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) reported dozens of outages affecting thousands of customers from Timberon to Carrizozo. Line crews are working on restoring power to the affected areas."

https://www.cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fire-near-mayhill-new-mexico

#NewMexico #NMwx #Texas #TXwx #Mexico #MXwx #Dust #DustStorm #Wind #Fire #WatchDuty

Today's dust storm activity is strongest over the Big Bend region of Texas, and northeast Chihuahua in Mexico.

Smoke plumes from several fires in Chihuahua and south-central Texas are also visible.

https://app.watchduty.org/i/43930

"Emergency personnel were juggling road closures due to dust storms and high winds—San Augustin Pass, just east of Las Cruces, reported a gust at 93 mph.

US Highway 54 was briefly closed from the southern Otero County line near El Paso to the northern Otero County and Lincoln County lines due to high winds, blowing dust and vehicle wrecks. Crews could be heard over the radio leaving an accident on Highway 54 to head towards the Mayhill-area fire.

The Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) reported dozens of outages affecting thousands of customers from Timberon to Carrizozo. Line crews are working on restoring power to the affected areas."

https://www.cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fire-near-mayhill-new-mexico

#NewMexico #NMwx #Texas #TXwx #Mexico #MXwx #Dust #DustStorm #Wind #Fire #Mayhill #Cloudcroft