Heavy rainfall expected to deluge South Texas could make border crossings a more risky endeavor for migrants crossing the U.S. southern border after the expiration of Title 42.
The weather conditions, which are expected to swell the Rio Grande River along the border, come just after the pandemic-era restrictions were lifted, timing that could put lives in danger as the number of people crossing the border rises.
“The last time they saw rivers run this high in the area would be 2017 or 2018,” said Gregory Waller, a Service Coordination Hydrologist with the National Weather Service West Gulf River Forecast Center, of river levels. “These flows are not common.”The Rio Grande is the fifth longest river in the U.S. and extends some 1,900 miles from Colorado through New Mexico and down into Texas and northern Mexico.
A stretch of the river between the Texas border towns of Del Rio and Laredo, which twists and turns for more than 150 miles, is of most concern, Waller said. That’s because dams and reservoirs provide flood control along the Rio Grande.Alfredo Estrella / AFP via Getty Images The Amistad Reservoir near Del Rio is at 35% capacity and the Falcon Reservoir near Laredo is at 21% capacity,Stretches of the river between those two towns could see heavy rainfall and localized flooding, Waller said.
“This can be interpreted as a possible worst case scenario forecast,” a message posted to the agency’s Twitter page said. “We are seeing a 60-70% probability of at least 4 inches of rainfall.”
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