Overview
- The government reports fatalities across Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí after a week of torrential rain tied to Pacific storm remnants.
- Authorities say at least 16,000 homes are damaged and roughly 320,000 people have experienced power outages.
- Mexico has deployed about 10,000 soldiers with boats, helicopters and heavy machinery to clear roads, deliver aid and evacuate residents.
- Civil protection agencies report dozens of people are missing as access to several communities remains cut off by landslides and swollen rivers.
- Meteorologists link the downpours to the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla and Tropical Storm Raymond and forecast additional rainfall that could trigger more slides and flooding.