Flooding attributable to heavy rains in central and southeastern Mexico has set off landslides, broken houses and highways, and left a minimum of 22 folks lifeless, authorities mentioned Friday.
One of many hardest hit areas was the central state of Hidalgo, the place 16 deaths have been reported, in response to state Inside Secretary Guillermo Olivares Reyna.
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A minimum of 1,000 houses, 59 hospitals and clinics, and 308 colleges have suffered harm within the state due to landslides and rivers topping their banks. Some 17 of the state’s 84 municipalities had been with out electrical energy, he mentioned.
In neighboring Puebla state, three folks died and 13 had been lacking, in response to Gov. Alejandro Armenta. He requested assist from the federal authorities to rescue 15 folks, together with some kids, who had been stranded on rooftops by floodwaters. He estimated some 80,000 folks had been affected by the heavy rains and mentioned a gasoline pipeline was ruptured by a landslide.
Within the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, two folks died, together with a police officer, Gov. Rocío Nahle mentioned. The town of Poza Rica was one of many hardest hit by river flooding. Authorities reduce electrical energy as a precaution.
Earlier, authorities within the central state of Queretaro confirmed that the kid had died after being caught in a landslide.
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