The water level in the Jacalones and Culturas de México neighborhoods dropped just 11 centimeters yesterday after the rains that hit Chalco on Thursday night, reported the General Directorate of Civil Protection of the State of Mexico.
The flooding reached 85 centimeters, so the National Water Commission and the Water Commission of the State of Mexico (CAEM) carried out dredging and pumping work.
In addition, local authorities reported a decrease in the number of streets that remain flooded, from 19 to 15.
The General Coordinator of Civil Protection and Comprehensive Risk Management, Adrián Hernández Romero, reported that in order to continue with the work, the machinery was changed and more pumping equipment was installed at strategic points outside of ground zero, in order to drain a greater amount of water.
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Local authorities also said that two new pumping machines with a capacity of 175 and 350 liters per second of extraction were installed by Conagua and CAEM.
During the early hours of Friday, members of the Navy, the National Defense and the National Guard carried out fumigation work on the streets that are now free of sewage and where work has already begun to clean and remove the mud left by the floods.