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On the afternoon of last Friday, March 15, residents of the state of Coahuila witnessed an intense storm that left serious material damage. The reason was because with the rain, hail was also recorded, which was the size of tennis or even baseball balls.

It was through social networks where photos and videos of the events were shared. The material allows us to see how the intense hail strongly hits the vehicles that were parked, causing the windshields to be broken. Likewise, other properties were affected by this intense storm, leading the authorities to ask the population to be alert as the storm is expected to continue.

The events were recorded in the Carboniferous Region, which is made up of the municipalities of Sabinas, San Juan de Sabinas and Múzquiz, so the undersecretary of Civil Protection of the entity, Francisco Martínez, confirmed that only material damage was recorded and for now, no person injured.


"So far there have been no reports of injuries or evacuations. The main damage that has been reported to us up to this point is damage to vehicles on their windshields and bodywork. Also, the main basic public services continue to operate normally, such as drinking water. and electricity and the roads that converge in this region are open," the official confirmed.

Officially, it was noted that this is the first storm of its kind to be recorded in the aforementioned region, so citizens not only recorded the events in order to document the seriousness of the events, but also sought to raise awareness about them. Climate change, which apparently caused ice up to 10 centimeters in diameter to fall with force.

"In my lifetime I have had to experience a hail storm like this one, it didn't stop, the hail got bigger and thicker and now the rain started and well, the backside got hit a little bit, but The front was the one that remained, but I have a friend's car that is all broken, the windows, all beaten2, the official noted.

Once the intense storm stopped, the municipal and state authorities reported that an operation would be deployed to tour the streets of the affected areas to serve the population, while carrying out a census of damages generated by the phenomenon. natural.

For this Saturday, March 16, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) warned that the rains will continue in municipalities such as Piedras Negras, Jiménez; Guerrero, Progreso and Juárez due to the entry of cold front number 40 which, in the case of the entity where the hail affected and in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, the formation of whirlwinds or tornadoes is expected, accompanied by wind gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour and the possibility of hail like the one that has remained in trend.