Sedena and Marina will support Baja California Sur after Hilary's passage, AMLO announced

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced that the Armed Forces, led by the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), applied the DN-III-E Plan and the Ministry of the Navy (Semar) the Marine Plan in Baja California Sur , in the middle of the passage of the hurricane hilary.

Through his official Twitter account, the Mexican president reported on how the federal authorities will support the population of the municipality of Mulegé and on the islands, since there are heavy rains due to the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm.

Likewise, it notified that crews of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) are in the area to assist in any mishap, as well as personnel from the Federal electricity commission (CFE) traveled to restore electricity service.

“We help the population in Baja California Sur, mainly in the towns of the municipality of Mulegé and on the islands. Although the hurricane has been downgraded, it is raining very hard. Crews from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation and the Federal Electricity Commission are working to restore communications and service. The Armed Forces continue to apply the DN-III-E Plan and the Navy Plan”, it was possible to read on Sunday, August 20.

After the message from the head of the Federal Executive, the National Metereological Service (SMN) reported that the now tropical storm Hilary has already was located over the state of Baja California70 kilometers southeast of Cabo San Quintin.

Baja California Civil Protection personnel asked the population avoid leaving home and, if necessary, seek shelter. In addition, it was urged to avoid crossing streams or water currents, both by vehicle and on foot.

The Sedena reported that in its passage through the municipalities of Comodú and Mulegé:

• It was located at a deceased person and four more could be rescued after they crossed the Santa Rosalía-Mulegé highway section, Baja California Sur.
• a rescued person after a sailboat ran aground on the beach in San Juanico.
• They had to implement three cuts in the transpeninsular highway in the section Santa Rosalía-Mulegé.
• Four populations were reported of Mulegé —Santa Rosalía, San Lucas, San Ignacio and San Felipe—suffered interruption to the electric power service.

For its part, the Secretary of the Navy reported that 1,500 pantries have been moved of a total of three thousand, as well as five thousand liters of bottled water to La Paz and Loreto, Baja California Sur.

In addition to the above, on August 18 it notified that 250 elements of the Mobile Support Brigade were transferred (BAM), specialists in rescues, floods, fires and earthquakes, which were located in Loreto, Guerrero Negro, Santa Rosalía and Isla Cedros.

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