Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum detailed that the next phase adds food packages and household-goods support that may be delivered in cash or in kind, based on damage assessments across the five affected states.
- Authorities say the first MXN 20,000 payment has reached about 94,000 of roughly 103,000 registered households, with 441,077 food parcels reported delivered.
- Officials report 82 deaths and 17 people still unlocated following the October 6–9 rains in Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí.
- Cleanup progress has reached about 95–96% in Poza Rica and Álamo, and work on 1,407 damaged schools has advanced to 90.4%.
- The government has begun planning reconstruction that includes housing repairs or relocations, road and drainage restoration, river desilting, and reinforcement of dikes and walls, with federal oversight continuing in coordination with state leaders.