1.0Tim Stentifordhttps://mexicoplates.com/entimstentifordhttps://mexicoplates.com/en/author/timstentiford/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yAdIaCp2ND"><a href="https://mexicoplates.com/en/2026/07/03/1952-distrito-federal-flooding/">1952 Distrito Federal Flooding</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mexicoplates.com/en/2026/07/03/1952-distrito-federal-flooding/embed/#?secret=yAdIaCp2ND" width="600" height="338" title="“1952 Distrito Federal Flooding” — Tim Stentiford" data-secret="yAdIaCp2ND" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://mexicoplates.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://mexicoplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DF-1952-Close-up-Flood.webp526428Mexico City was built to flood. Over 700 years ago, the largest city in Mexico was built on a lake–literally. Each rainy season in Mexico City seems worse than the last, and year after year it is said to have broken its own record for the amount of water falling from the sky.  The capital’s residents, […]