The Catholic Church in Mexico offered a prayer for the victims of the intense rains caused by Tropical Storm Alberto. At the same time, he called on businessmen to have charity and understanding in these difficult times.
Hurricane Alberto, downgraded to a tropical stormHe touched ground in the early morning of June 20 at 4:30 am in the vicinity of Ciudad Madero, state of Tamaulipas (Mexico). With maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h, gusting to 100 km/h and moving west at 20 km/h, the storm has left a trail of devastation in its wake.
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The Archbishop of Monterrey and president of the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate, Mons. Rogelio Cabrera López, shared a message on X (formerly Twitter): “Thanking God for the rain, I pray for those who have died from causes related to it. On the other hand, I ask employers to act with charity, understanding their collaborators and not affect them financially due to absences.”
on a wheel press rHeld today, the governor of Nuevo León, Samuel García, confirmed that four people have lost their lives due to incidents related to the hurricane.
Three of the deaths “were electrical issues, two children playing with cables on a light pole, an adult repairing his meter (of electrical energy consumed) and a child,” who was trapped in the currents of a river and drowned after try to recover a ball.
Furthermore, the authorities have been carrying out rescues of people trapped in various risk situations.
The state president published in the Official Gazette an agreement to suspend work for the entire day on Thursday, as well as the suspension of classes for Thursday and Friday. Public transportation will operate for emergencies only, with some emerging transit and Metro routes. “The call is for everyone to stay at home,” García pointed out.
However, the rains have had a positive impact in the fight against water scarcity.
Luis Carlos Alatorre, general director of the Río Bravo Basin Organization of CONAGUA, shared on social networks that “we are seeing that this storm has undoubtedly left benefits for the state of Nuevo León.”
Diego López Colin
I am a graduate of Journalism at the Carlos Septién García School with experience in religious institutional communication. Since 2016 he has written for digital media and, since 2018, I have reported the most important news about Catholic events in Mexico for the EWTN news channel. He has been ACI Prensa correspondent in Mexico since 2023.