Hurricane Alice (June 1954)

The Rio Grande rose near the cities of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila sharply. While Eagle Pass was evacuated, this did not happen in Piedras Negras. Both Städt were completely flooded, and the dike, which actually Piedras Negras was supposed to protect, was washed away. At least 38 or 39 people were killed after the collapse of the dike in Piedras Negras. In Eagle Pass incurred substantial damage to property, as the commercial district was flooded high above 2.5. Before the onset of the storm, the authorities went from a moderate flood in, the highlight of which would lie below the flood of 1948, but the river peaked in Laredo, Texas with a water level of 19 m at least three feet higher than the previous record flood. The flooding meant that the sewage treatment plants failed, so that the water supply was interrupted by 1 July. The International Bridge, Laredo and Nuevo Laredo Association, was washed away. Although the city was taken on the Mexican side seriously affected, it was in these two cities due to timely evacuations at no loss of life. The flooding along the Rio Grande was the highest since 1865, and the annual nature of the event is assumed to be 2000 years. Approximately 12,000 people were forced to flee because of the high water from Ciudad Acuña, where the flood left extensive damage.