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Mexico Unveils Four-Pillar Flood Response, Sets Oct. 22 Payouts and 10 Billion-Peso Relief

Direct cash assistance begins through a verified household census with tiered reconstruction aid to follow.

Overview

  • First 20,000‑peso payments to registered households start Oct. 22 in Veracruz, Puebla, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí, with Hidalgo scheduled for Oct. 25–Nov. 5.
  • The Bienestar census has recorded 70,445 damaged homes toward an estimated near‑100,000 families, with SMS notices guiding beneficiaries to collection sites.
  • Power service is 98.7% restored for roughly 260,000 users, with 668 pending in Veracruz, 2,467 in Hidalgo and 381 in Puebla, according to CFE.
  • Access continues to improve as 1,061 km of federal roads reopened and the number of isolated localities fell from 288 to 119.
  • More than 52,000 responders — including 8,569 Army, Air Force and National Guard personnel — remain deployed, as officials report 76 deaths, 39 missing, hundreds of damaged schools and clinics, a 50,000‑job cleanup program and upgrades to cellphone risk alerts.