Overview

• The collection site opens Monday, October 13, at the Senate headquarters at Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida de los Insurgentes in Mexico City.
• Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo said she will propose that senators donate part of their salaries to support affected families.
• The center will gather supplies for communities in Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí after severe flooding.
• Mexico’s civil protection agency reports 41 deaths tied to the storms, with damage concentrated across 117 municipalities in five states.
• Federal response remains active under Plan DN-III-E, with about 5,400 Army personnel and 3,300 Navy personnel supported by machinery, shelters, rations and potable water.