Overview
- Authorities report 35 people found dead and eight still unlocated, including a teacher and her daughter in Ilamatlán, with canine units and drones leading the searches.
- Twelve communities remain without ground access after initial isolation of 58 localities, and a permanent air bridge supplies food, medicine and medical staff to sierra towns including Huayacocotla, Zontecomatlán, Ilamatlán and Texcatepec.
- The disaster affected 38 municipalities and damaged more than 56,000 homes, while 489 schools were hit and 346 have received attention, with classes still suspended in eight municipalities.
- Poza Rica faces a worsening sanitation situation as massive cleanup exposes residents to decomposing debris and overwhelms local response capacity.
- Small businesses report severe losses and say promised aid has not arrived, and state leaders warn some roads and bridges may require up to a year to fully restore in coordination with the federal government.