It’s been a helluva month here on the border in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the several tropical storms that followed.
At one point, all roads between Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey were closed for several days resulting in a backup of an estimated 11-22,000 trucks.
Parts of Reynosa are still underwater as the Rio Grande is slow in returning to normal there.
Laredo Texas looks as if a tsunami hit the banks of the Rio Grande where at one point, the water was lapping at the side beams of the international bridge, 60 feet above the river.
Freight in the area is still slow in getting back across the border as the maquillas in Monterrey and elsewhere are slowly recovering and gearing back up to full capacity.
Continue with the post below the break to view photos of the disaster.
This first series of photos is in and around Nuevo Laredo and Laredo Texas at the peak of the flooding
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- Kids play in the waters covering one of the main roads in Nuevo Laredo
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- Trucks abandoned in the flood waters of Hwy 85 south of Nuevo Laredo
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- More than 20 feet of water closed the Mexico Immigration and Vehicle Permit office in Nuevo Laredo which had just undergone a major remodeling with new computer systems and data servers. This is the office where tourists and paisanos buy their vehicle permits and tourist visas
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- International Bridge #1 closed due to flooding as waters more than 60 feet deep threaten to cover the roadway
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- International Bridge #1 closed due to flooding as waters more than 60 feet deep threaten to cover the roadway
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- Mexican truck stuck in the floodwaters south of Nuevo Laredo
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- Mexican truck stuck in the floodwaters south of Nuevo Laredo
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- Mexican trucks finally allowed to move after detours established
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- Mexican trucks finally allowed to move after detours established on Mexico Highway 85
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- Canacar and the Federal Transport Police estimated more than 11,000 trucks were stranded between Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo. Other estimates were as high as 22,000 until the roads were finally opened to emergency cargo carriers with food and other perishables. For several day, the Mexican border towns were effectively isolated with store shelves becoming bare before the roads were safe enough to travel
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- Sky view of flooding along the Rio Grande in Laredo Texas
These images from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Monclova Coahuila, Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas and Laredo Texas
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