Municipal Protección Civil in Guadalupe is asking drivers to slow down and residents to change a habit that keeps making the rain more dangerous: throwing trash into the street. Luis Felipe Santos Quintanilla said motorists should reduce their speed and drive more carefully during precipitation as recent rains raised the risk of traffic accidents, puddles and drainage problems.

The warning matters now because the rainy season is already affecting daily travel and neighborhood drainage, not just the forecast. In practical terms, more water on the road means less room for error, and waste left in public streets can block drainage grates and storm drains, turning a passing shower into a longer problem for entire blocks.

Santos Quintanilla’s appeal was direct. He urged drivers to be cautious whenever it rains and asked people not to leave trash in public streets, linking that behavior to clogged drainage and worse flooding. The message is aimed at two simple points of failure: speed on the road and garbage in the street. Either one can turn a routine downpour into an accident or an encharcamiento.

The municipal Protección Civil office said it is keeping permanent watch on weather conditions and receiving reports related to the rainy season. It also invited the public to report blocked storm drains, puddles or any situation that could put people at risk. That leaves the clearest unresolved question in Guadalupe: which streets are already taking the hardest hit. Authorities have not identified them, but they are asking residents to help find them faster.

The warning is less about a single rainstorm than about the way the season is now unfolding. Protection Civil is trying to prevent the next crash, the next flooded stretch and the next clogged drain before they happen, and it is putting part of that burden back on the public. If people keep treating street trash as harmless, the water will keep proving otherwise.