Urban Flood in the City of Chilpancingo Mexico by Manuel Hurricane (PAP014437)

Código

PAP014437

Autores

Guillermo Cardoso-Landa

Tema

Urban Floods

Resumo

The tropical torment called Manuel was a hydro meteorological event which presented inPacific Ocean near the Mexican coasts during last days of September 2013. This tropical tormentoriginated a large precipitation over the southwest of Mexican territory affecting the Guerrero State, andparticularly generating urban floods in the city of Chilpancingo, capital of the Guerrero State. It wasanalyzed the damage originated by the Huacapa River flood over the urban zone of this big city of thesouthwest of Mexico. Were also determinate the affected area and the possible causes that propitiatedthis urban flood applying hydraulic and hydrologic models.