Flooding attributable to heavy rains in central and southeastern Mexico has set off landslides, broken properties and highways, and left no less than 22 individuals useless, authorities mentioned Friday.
One of many hardest hit areas was the central state of Hidalgo, the place 16 deaths have been reported, in accordance with state Inside Secretary Guillermo Olivares Reyna.
Residents wade by way of a flooded road after heavy rains hit the state on Oct. 10, 2025, in Poza Rica, Mexico.
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A minimum of 1,000 properties, 59 hospitals and clinics, and 308 faculties have suffered injury 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 individuals died and 13 had been lacking, in accordance with Gov. Alejandro Armenta. He requested assist from the federal authorities to rescue 15 individuals, together with some youngsters, who had been stranded on rooftops by floodwaters. He estimated some 80,000 individuals 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 individuals 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 lower 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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