Overview

• Officials report 41 deaths and 27 missing across eastern and central states as access to multiple cut‑off communities remains limited.
• Roughly 10,000 soldiers with boats, aircraft, helicopters and heavy equipment are clearing routes, ferrying residents to safety and supplying isolated towns.
• Hidalgo is among the hardest hit with at least 16 deaths, with additional fatalities confirmed in Puebla, Veracruz and Querétaro.
• Veracruz’s Cazones River inundated Poza Rica, where Governor Rocío Nahle said about 35% of residents were affected and thousands of homes were damaged.
• Meteorologists link the deluge to Pacific tropical storms Priscilla and Raymond and Gulf systems, and authorities say a tiger that escaped a Puebla zoo was later found under debris.