Latest news about the damage from Tropical Storm Lidia.

Los Cabos, B. C. S. 5:00 pm September 01, 2017.

There was severe damage in Los Cabos that was left as the result of Tropical Storm Lidia passing through the aea from August 30 and August 31, 2017.  As of the morning of September 1, 2017, the Civil Protection authorities have confirmed four people dead, including a child under 2 years of age. They also reported that there are about 3,000 people left homeless in Los Cabos, 22 shelters and a thousand in La Paz.

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Early this morning a building collapsed in the Chula Vista housing development in Cabo San Lucas, and another similar collapse in the Puerto Nuevo housing development in San Jose del Cabo, which previously had already been evacuated.

In the zone known as Vado Santa Rosa of San Jose del Cabo is collapsed by the road by the avenue of water. However there is already heavy machinery working on the site. About 50 percent of the population is without electricity.

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The same happens with the tourist corridor that connects Cabo San Lucas with San Jose del Cabo, where there are landslides and flooding in the area of Cerro Colorado, as well as flood near Cabo San Lucas in the area of El Tezal.

All night on Thursday, August 31st, Civil Protection brigades, Army, Mexican Navy, Pentathlon volunteers, Firefighters, Red Cross and lifeguards of private emergency services were helping the officers of the municipal, state and local security corporations. Federal Police were supporting the tasks of evacuation and emergency care at the last moment, especially in areas of invasion.

It is important to note that this is a preliminary report, because intermittent rains continue and, at the same time, a damage assessment is being carried out. Today will remain without flight activity at San Jose del Cabo International Airport. The amount of rainfall recorded in San José del Cabo by Tropical Storm Lidia was 670mm or 26.378 inches in the last 29 hours.