Mexico City authorities have lifted a smog alert one day after ozone levels rose above 150 percent of acceptable limits.

 

A statement from the metropolitan area's environmental commission said favorable weather conditions Sunday morning and rains in the afternoon led to a reduction.

 

The alert had banned 20 percent of the area's motor vehicles from diving Sunday.

 

It was the fourth time this year that Mexico's capital has restricted the number of cars on the road because of air pollution. The initial alert in March was the first in more than a decade. At that point, the city lowered the level for declaring an alert from 200 percent of acceptable levels to 150 percent. (AP)

 

 

PHOTO: FILE - In this March 30, 2016 file photo, cars sit in evening rush hour traffic in Mexico City. Mexican authorities issued a new smog alert Saturday, May 14, 2016, for the capital after ozone levels rose above 150 percent of acceptable limits. On Sunday 20 percent of vehicles will be barred from the streets of the capital and the surrounding suburbs. If conditions don’t improve, that will increase to 40 percent on Monday.

CREDIT: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File.