Overview

• Authorities updated the toll to 41 dead and 27 missing after a week of extreme rainfall and flooding across multiple states.
• Around 10,000 soldiers are using boats, helicopters and heavy equipment to clear roads, rescue residents and deliver food to isolated communities.
• Veracruz and Hidalgo report most fatalities, with Puebla and Querétaro also affected, while San Luis Potosí saw widespread damage but no deaths.
• Damage reports cite tens of thousands of homes and public facilities affected, with power outages impacting more than 320,000 households.
• Meteorologists tie the deluge to Pacific tropical cyclones Raymond and Priscilla and other systems, with saturated soils keeping landslide danger elevated.