The first Emergency Center for Tropical Cyclones in Mexico has opened on the southern coast of Jalisco. The building is a multifunctional unit that also meets all the requirements of a fixed temporary shelter.
The building has the capacity to withstand strong winds, the impact of a category 5 hurricane and an earthquake of magnitude 9.
It can accommodate 150 people in bedrooms with bunk beds, air conditioning, and toilets, however, its capacity is to shelter 300 people.
"The main idea is to be able to house people here in a contingency, the building is made anti-seismic and anticyclonic . . .
