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Mexico Sets Oct. 22 Payouts and Four-Pillar Recovery Plan as Power Returns After Deadly Floods

Authorities report 98.7% electricity restoration with 70,445 homes surveyed to enable direct relief.

Claudia Sheinbaum supervisa apoyos en Pantepec, Puebla.
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El gobernador Mauricio Kuri informó que los caminos de la Sierra Gorda sufrieron graves daños por las lluvias.

Overview

  • Initial payments of 20,000 pesos per affected household start Oct. 22, with SMS notices and local announcements guiding residents to collection sites and requiring a census stub and ID.
  • A second phase will provide 25,000 pesos for medium damage, 40,000 for major damage, and 70,000 for total loss, with homes in riverbeds or high‑risk zones slated for relocation by SEDATU.
  • The support package adds 50,000 temporary jobs for four months at 8,500 pesos monthly, 50,000 pesos for damaged shops, 50,000–100,000 for farmers and ranchers, appliance and food vouchers, 350 pesos per student, and extra funds for 282 clinics and 750 schools.
  • CFE says 98.7% of affected users have power back as telecom restoration advances, while crews reopened 1,061 km of federal roads and reduced isolated communities from 288 to 119.
  • Officials report at least 76 deaths across Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí, with Veracruz hardest hit and 32 localities there still reported as cut off.