A drier day with a few possible mountain showers is forecast for the El Paso-Juárez area and Southern New Mexico recovering from heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Polo.
The tropical moisture has moved out of the region, which will have temperatures 5-to-8 degrees cooler than normal on Wednesday, Sept. 30, the National Weather Service El Paso forecast.
The El Paso Fire Department responded to 30 weather-related emergencies Tuesday, Sept. 29, with the majority taking place in the Northeast, EPFD spokesman Hector Gonzalez said in a message. Those emergencies were:
- 11 utility/electrical (several poles were broken in the Rushing Road and Fairbanks Drive area in the Northeast)
- 9 fallen trees
- 4 roadway damage, pothole or sinkhole
- 4 vehicles in floodwater
- 2 structural hazard/damage
There were only two weather-related calls overnight Tuesday into Wednesday — a fallen tree and residential flooding/damage, Gonzalez said.
Drowning in Juárez retention pond
While El Paso was mostly unscathed from major damage from the rainstorms, Juárez was coping with flooded and collapsed streets, damaged homes and at least two rain-related deaths in recent days…