Death toll from Mexico flooding rises to 44, dozens more missing

Crisis has damaged much than 16,000 homes and caused wide energy cuts.

Torrential flooding has continued to expanse parts of cardinal and southeastern Mexico, raising the decease toll to astatine slightest 44 radical successful little than a week.

Heavy downpours caused by 2 tropical storms person triggered landslides and flooding crossed 5 states, including Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi, the authorities said successful a connection connected Sunday.

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Floods person killed 18 radical successful Veracruz state, 16 successful Hidalgo, 9 successful Puebla and 1 successful Queretaro, the connection said.

Mexico’s El Universal paper enactment the decease toll adjacent higher — astatine 48 — and reported that dozens stay missing.

Around 320,000 radical person experienced powerfulness outages, and astatine slightest 16,000 homes person been damaged, according to authorities, who fearfulness that much landslides and overflowing rivers could exacerbate the damage.

‘We volition not permission anyone’

President Claudia Sheinbaum said the subject has been mobilised to assistance with rescue operations and assistance distributions. “We volition not permission anyone without support,” she said successful a station connected X.

Photos posted by the subject showed radical being evacuated by soldiers with beingness rafts, homes flooded with mud, and rescue workers trudging done waist-high waters.

Members of Mexico’s National Guard transport radical to Tulancingo aft dense rains successful Hidalgo state, Mexico, connected October 12 [Alfredo Estrella/AFP]

Mexico has been deed by peculiarly dense rains this year, and Mexico City recorded its rainiest June successful much than 2 decades.

Authorities person attributed the latest deadly downpours to the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla and Tropical Rainstorm Raymond, some of which dumped dense rains connected Mexico’s west.

The remnants of Raymond, with upwind gusts present astatine 45km/hr (28mph), were expected to deed the confederate portion of Baja California connected Sunday.