Nine people rescued from a flooded stream in Los Cabos as rain alert continues in Baja California Sur

Nine people were rescued from a stream in Los Cabos after intermittent and heavy rain caused waterways to rise across southern Baja California Sur. No one was injured.

The San José del Cabo Fire Department said it responded at 8:06 p.m. Saturday to a report from the Eureka stream on the road to Rancho Leonero. The rescue team used swift-water equipment and worked with municipal police and Civil Protection to reach the people trapped there.

Later that night, firefighters went to the Santa Catarina stream after receiving a report that people were trapped in a vehicle being swept away by the current. When they arrived, they found the vehicle empty, although people were trying to recover it.

At a meeting of the State Civil Protection Council, acting Los Cabos mayor José Manuel Larumbe said the incidents resulted from swollen streams after overnight rain. He urged residents not to attempt to cross them. Crews continued patrols in high-risk areas, while four shelters remained ready for people who needed assistance.

Julio Trasviña, the local director of Mexico’s National Water Commission, reported 84 millimeters of rain in San Pedro, La Paz, over the previous 24 hours, along with 45 millimeters at a station near San José del Cabo and 43 millimeters in La Angostura, Comondú. Officials warned that intense, localized rain could continue Sunday night and early Monday. A weather trough and incoming moisture were expected to support new storm cells, with significant rain forecast Monday and showers shifting toward central and northern Baja California Sur on Tuesday.

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