Quintana Roo Rain Advisory: COEPROC Warns of Flooding in Cancún
State Civil Protection ruled out a hurricane alert but urged caution ahead of scattered showers and storms this Monday across the Mexican Caribbean.
Quintana Roo's State Civil Protection Coordination (COEPROC) reported that an upper-level trough parked over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and the southern Yucatán Peninsula combined with moisture streaming in from the Caribbean Sea. The result: mostly cloudy to overcast skies with scattered showers and storms expected statewide this Monday, July 13.
Per the official bulletin, the system will remain active from 6:00 a.m. Monday, July 13, through 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 14. During that window, residents and visitors in Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Puerto Morelos, and Isla Mujeres should expect intermittent rain both during the day and overnight.
COEPROC clarified this is not a hurricane or tropical cyclone alert, but a routine seasonal rain advisory. Even so, the agency flagged two specific concerns for Cancún: low-lying areas of the Benito Juárez municipality — particularly Regions 90, 100, 227, and 233, where flooding is most recurrent — and Federal Highway 307 toward the Riviera Maya, where rain can cut visibility for drivers.
For anyone living in or traveling through those areas, the practical takeaway is straightforward: avoid crossing streets or roads with visible running water, drive with extra caution and following distance, and secure loose items on patios, terraces, or balconies that wind could knock loose.
The advisory lands just as the Mexican Caribbean's rainy season formally gets underway. According to the National Water Commission's (Conagua) annual outlook, between 15 and 20 named storms are expected in the Atlantic between June and November this year. Monday's trough isn't part of that count — it isn't a tropical system — but for COEPROC it signals that the atmosphere over the region is already carrying the humidity typical of these months.
With that in mind, the state coordination used the bulletin to recommend reviewing the family emergency kit: bottled water, a flashlight, basic medications, and important documents kept in a sealed bag. It also suggested agreeing on a family meeting point in case someone loses contact during a larger event later in the season.
For flooding, fallen trees, or any risk situation, residents can call 911 or reach municipal Civil Protection directly at 998 881 2400.
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The National Civil Protection agency calls the exercise, with alerts by cellphone, radio, TV and loudspeakers; Cancún buildings can sign up.
Some 26,600 tons have been removed in Benito Juárez so far this year, nearly double the same period in 2025; landings concentrate in the hotel zone.
State Civil Protection forecasts downpours with lightning and coastal wind gusts; the Caribbean has no active cyclones and Tropical Storm Cristóbal is moving away in the Atlantic.
The system is still far away, near Cabo Verde, and poses no immediate threat to Quintana Roo; a good moment to review your family plan.