Overview

• Officials reported 66 deaths and 75 people unaccounted for after last week’s extraordinary rains across Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla, San Luis Potosí and Querétaro.
• The SICT said 307 communities remain isolated, with 155 in Hidalgo, where the Defense Ministry established a coordination hub at Pachuca’s airport and increased helicopter support to 21 aircraft for an expanded air bridge.
• Health authorities deployed 471 medical, vaccination and vector-control brigades with a goal of reaching 1,000 teams, prioritizing dengue prevention and routine immunizations as more than 7,700 emergency consultations have been provided.
• The federal government began house-to-house damage censuses—over 4,100 registrations on Monday including more than 800 staff in Poza Rica—and plans first direct economic payments this weekend, while CFE reported 91% of power service restored in affected states.
• Reinforcements from other jurisdictions include Nuevo León’s helicopters and rescue teams and Mexico City crews working in Papantla, Poza Rica and Álamo, and Querétaro authorities said access was restored to many localities though 16 remain cut off; unverified videos of alleged CJNG-branded aid in Veracruz are under review by authorities.