BajaNomad

Rain & Snow close roads, create evacuations

Anonymous - 1-5-2005 at 06:33 PM

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050105-9999-7m5sn...

By Anne Krueger
January 5, 2005

...In Baja California, heavy snowfall led to the closing of La Rumorosa, the mountain pass between Tecate and Mexicali, for much of the day. The state's Civil Protection Office said up to 18 inches of snow was recorded in the Sierra de Juarez and San Pedro Martir regions.

In Tijuana, the Mexican Army was called in yesterday afternoon to help civilian authorities evacuate two dozen families that live near the Alamar River, said Jose Luis Rosas, a state civil protection official.

"The level of the stream is rising fairly rapidly," Rosas said...

Anonymous - 1-6-2005 at 03:40 PM

A young woman and her infant are loaded into a city police truck as they are evacuated from flooding in a squatter community of some 300 families near the Alamar River causeway in Tijuana, Mexico on Tuesday, January 4, 2005. (AP Photo/David Maung)

Anonymous - 1-7-2005 at 12:49 PM

Received a report of mucho snow on the ground in Ojos Negros and Valle Trinidad Wed./Thurs..

Anonymous - 1-7-2005 at 06:47 PM

Geoffrey Scheuerman, an employee of Carrizo Gorge Railway, inspects several train cars containing grain that derailed near the Tijuana General Hospital. Carrizo Gorge Railway operated the train. Photo - David Maung