Don’t assume that sticking to the main avenues of the city will keep you safe from the ravages of the rainy season.
Flooding in metro-area Guadalajara provoked by powerful storms isn’t always confined to marginalized zones with little or no hydraulic infrastructure. Major intersections that one imagines should be equipped to deal with large volumes of rainfall can also become inundated in matters of minutes during intense downpours.
On the right, people try to salvage a car at the junction of Avenida Patria and Beethoven in Colonia La Estancia, while on the left, cars become backed up as waters rise in a tunnel on Avenida Lopez Mateos, Guadalajara’s busiest thoroughfare.