TormentaMX Family Alert
A Spanish-language, geofenced emergency app that pushes hyperlocal flood, landslide, and storm warnings to Mexican families and tells them the safest route to a shelter —not just a generic SMS blast.
families in flood- and landslide-prone Mexican states (Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, Tabasco)
- Colonia-level alerts via SMS + WhatsApp, since not every household has a smartphone
- Family check-in flow: one tap to mark 'safe' and notify all members during a storm
- Landslide-watch dashboard for hillside neighborhoods that flags cracks, leaning poles, or new runoff
- Pre-packed go-bag checklist with Spanish-language prep instructions and nearest official refugio map
Mexico's CNPC issued a multi-state heavy-rain warning for July 8 2026 —the exact gap this app fills is 'official channels warned, but families don't have hyperlocal guidance.'
Real pain is documented — Waze was repurposed during Hurricane Patricia in Mexico to find shelters, and Protección Civil is building its own early-warning app — but families already get free, mandatory alerts via Mexico's federal SMSAT cell-broadcast system, capping upside.Waze Connected Citizens — Hurricane Patricia / shelters ↗Protección Civil prepara app de alerta temprana para emergencias ↗
Government already broadcasts free warnings to every cell phone via SMSAT and SASSLA covers seismic alerts; the only remaining niche is hyperlocal flood/landslide shelter routing, which is narrow and being pursued by state Civil Protection agencies themselves.Así funciona la alerta sísmica para celulares que México pone a prueba ↗SASSLA | App de Alerta Sísmica ↗
Every comparable Mexican safety app (SASSLA, SMSAT, Google Crisis Response) is free, the target users are low-income families in flood zones, and academic WTP studies show public safety goods are typically valued below private safety — consumer subscription is unrealistic; only B2B/insurance channels plausible.Willingness to pay for private and public traffic safety improvements ↗SASSLA | App de Alerta Sísmica ↗
Climate change is intensifying rainfall/flood frequency in Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo and Tabasco, and CNPC has been issuing multi-state advisories — regulatory and hydrological tailwinds are durable for the next decade.Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil (CNPC) ↗RainViewer Mexico Severe Weather Alerts ↗
Buildable as a wrapper on top of existing CNPC/SASMEX feeds plus OpenStreetMap shelters — engineering is moderate, but requires official data-sharing partnerships and a always-on geofence/push infrastructure that competes with a free government cell-broadcast pipe.SASSLA | App de Alerta Sísmica — Integración con autoridades ↗CNPC Sistemas de Alerta Temprana (PDF) ↗