Heavy rainfall on 07 September 2021 caused the Tula and Rosas rivers to break their banks in the municipality of Tula de Allende (known as Tula) in Hidalgo State situated about 70 km / 45 miles north of Mexico City Flood waters swept through streets and into buildings including the hospital of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) Flooding also knocked out power in the area including the hospital which was caring for several COVID-19 patients possibly due to the loss of oxygen equipment after the power outages Around 41 patients were evacuated to other medical facilities The Comisión Federal de Electricidad installed an emergency power generator to restore the supply in the hospital Teams from Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) were coordintaing the shipment of oxygen tanks for hospital patients “I am very saddened by the death of 17 patients at the IMSS hospital due to the overflow of the Tula River in Hidalgo A lot of water has fallen throughout the Valley of Mexico and it will continue to rain move to shelters or higher parts with family or friends.” Flooding affected other parts of the municipality where dozens of buildings and vehicles have been damaged firefighters and military used boats to rescue people stranded in the flood waters Helicopters were also used to rescue those who had taken refuge on roofs of buildings reported around 1,000 people had been rescued or had evacuated their homes in at least 10 locations across the municipality authorities opened the flood gates of the Requena and Endhó dams which had both exceeded their capacity Rumours had circulated that the dams were about to fail The state’s Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA) said the dams do not represent a risk to the population and are operating correctly An earthquake was also reported in the area at this time the municipal government said no damage had been reported Several flood events have affected parts of central Mexico in the last few days. Intense rainfall caused rivers and streams to overflow in several municipalities of the state of Morelos on 02 September 2021. Two people died after heavy rain on 06 September caused flash floods in Ecatepec #MisiónECO|📍#Tula, #Hidalgo — Protección Civil México (@CNPC_MX) September 7, 2021 — Protección Civil México (@CNPC_MX) September 7, 2021 #MisiónECO | 📍#Tula, #Hidalgo — Protección Civil México (@CNPC_MX) September 7, 2021 — Omar Fayad (@omarfayad) September 7, 2021 Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Members of the Mexican Navy patrol along flooded streets in Tula de Allende, Mexico Photographer: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images 2021 at 7:38 PM EDTUpdated on September 9 2021 at 10:28 PM EDTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Tula Mexico (AP) -- Two days after flooding claimed at least 14 lives north of Mexico's capital the streets of Tula remained submerged Thursday as full reservoirs upstream continued releasing more water Mexican authorities say heavy rains in recent days in central Mexico filled the area’s reservoirs to their capacity forcing water releases that only added to woes downstream in places like Tula Join us for a stimulating experience: you’ll find a world of learning and development opportunities where inventiveness is at the heart of what we do Air Liquide recently signed a new long term agreement with Pemex Transformación Industrial a subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) to supply hydrogen to PEMEX’s refinery located at Tula de Allende in the state of Hidalgo in the central region of Mexico Through a €50 million investment for the take over and optimization of PEMEX’s existing hydrogen production unit this agreement will allow Air Liquide to strengthen its presence in central Mexico upgrade and operate the customer’s existing hydrogen production unit (Steam Methane 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strengthen our presence in Mexico and throughout the region.” technologies and services for industry and healthcare Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees the Group serves more than 4 million customers and patients This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page México: Soldiers and emergency workers battled Wednesday to help thousands of victims of flooding in central Mexico that led to the deaths of more than a dozen Covid-19 hospital patients troops and rescuers were deployed after a river in the town of Tula in Hidalgo state burst its banks The flooding affected about 39,000 residents Around 1,000 people were moved to shelters though some were reluctant to abandon their homes “Some didn’t want to leave for fear of thieves,“ he said on stretchers – we took them out,“ he added Jesus Olguin came to inspect the damage to his small jewelry store Fourteen patients at a hospital in Tula died after flooding disrupted the power supply and life-sustaining oxygen treatment according to the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) The authorities had on Tuesday reported up to 17 deaths but IMSS director Zoe Robledo said that some of them had actually died before the floods struck a sudden disaster that in a matter of minutes put an entire city under water including our hospital,“ he said in a video posted on social media Images showed medical personnel pushing stretchers bearing patients through the water Hidalgo state governor Omar Fayad suffered a mishap when the boat in which he was touring the area along with other officials sank Tel: +603-7784 6688      Fax: +603-7785 2625 Este viernes el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador determinó la expropiación de una planta de hidrógeno localizada en la refinería de Tula y que era operada por la compañía francesa Air Liquide En una publicación en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el Gobierno de la República expone que “se declara de utilidad pública la conservación y prestación del servicio de suministro de hidrógeno y demás mejoras de la Planta Productora de Hidrógeno U-3400” se ubica al interior de la Refinería Miguel Hidalgo Leer también: Gasolineras seguirán vigentes al menos 3 décadas más, dice titular de la Sedeco CDMX La propiedad tiene una extensión de 6,451.78 m2 y será ocupada de forma inmediata temporalmente por Pemex Transformación Industrial de acuerdo con el decreto de expropiación difundido La indemnización asimismo deberá ser pagada con el presupuesto de Pemex Transformación Industrial los interesados podrían acudir a un procedimiento judicial para controvertir el monto de la indemnización se 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