Overview

• Authorities raised the death toll to at least 44, with reported fatalities in Veracruz (18), Hidalgo (16), Puebla (9) and Querétaro (1).
• Rains intensified in 31 of 32 states, triggering river overflows, widespread flooding and landslides that cut roads and destroyed bridges.
• The federal response includes nearly 10,000 troops with boats, planes and helicopters, and a plan supporting 139 municipalities with evacuations and shelters.
• More than 35,000 homes have been reported damaged, power and telecommunications outages persist, and dozens of mountain communities remain unreachable, including 90 in Hidalgo.
• Meteorologists link the deluge to tropical systems Raymond and Priscilla interacting with a Gulf disturbance and a cold front, with further rainfall forecast on waterlogged ground.