{"id":8857,"date":"2025-10-15T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/death-toll-from-torrential-rains-in-mexico-rises-to-64\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:04:00","slug":"death-toll-from-torrential-rains-in-mexico-rises-to-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/death-toll-from-torrential-rains-in-mexico-rises-to-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n A rescuer works near a car hanging over a fence by a damaged house in Poza Rica, Mexico, on Monday, following torrential rains. FELIX MARQUEZ\/AP
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TENANGO DE DORIA, Mexico — Rescuers scrambled on Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported missing.<\/p>\n

Torrential rains battered several of the country’s states over several days last week, turning streets into rivers, triggering landslides and sweeping away roads and bridges.<\/p>\n

Dozens of small communities remained inaccessible by road on Monday, days after the deluge, and residents worked tirelessly to clear paths for the delivery of food and other supplies.<\/p>\n

President Claudia Sheinbaum said about 10,000 troops had been deployed with boats, planes and helicopters as part of rescue efforts and to deliver critical food and water for those trapped.<\/p>\n

Shelters have been opened for those displaced from their homes, and helicopters were flying to and fro to bring essentials to people cut off from the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

“Many flights are needed … to deliver enough food and water,” Sheinbaum said on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Laura Velazquez, head of Mexico’s civil defense authority, said the states of Veracruz, Hidalgo and Puebla were hardest hit by flooding brought on by days of heavy rains.<\/p>\n

In Hidalgo alone, 43 people were reported missing.<\/p>\n

She updated the death toll that had stood at 47 just 12 hours earlier, indicative of the fast-unfolding scale of the disaster.<\/p>\n

Mexico has been hit by particularly heavy rains this year, including a record for the capital, Mexico City.<\/p>\n

In the municipality of Tenango de Doria in Hidalgo state, Agence France-Presse reported that residents were walking kilometers in search of food and water, with flooded roads inaccessible for most vehicles.<\/p>\n

Some carried bundles of belongings with them in the hopes of finding a shelter for displaced people.<\/p>\n

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“We walked two-and-a-half hours through the mud,” AFP quoted Marco Mendoza, 35, a farmer, as saying of his unsuccessful search for food in stores in Tenango de Doria, the main urban center for kilometers around.<\/p>\n

“Everything is completely undone; we have no supplies, no food, nothing.”<\/p>\n

Shops in the center had no electricity, and residents massed in the central plaza to inquire about road openings and the arrival of aid.<\/p>\n

Community trapped<\/strong><\/p>\n

Francisco Hernandez, 63, a farmer from the neighboring town of El Texme, said a river that burst its banks left his community trapped.<\/p>\n

Heavy rains often occur during Mexico’s wet season from May to October, but last week’s downpours were made more dangerous by the combination of a tropical system from the Gulf of Mexico and a cold front from the north, meteorologists say.<\/p>\n

Dwellers of coastal cities and towns in the state of Veracruz, crisscrossed by many rivers, were told on Friday to evacuate because of rising waters.<\/p>\n

However, in several high-lying inhabited areas, the persistent rains washed away mountain sides that spilled downhill as landslides.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Sheinbaum batted away questions about possible failures in early warning and preparedness.<\/p>\n

“It would have been difficult to have information in advance about this situation, unlike what happens with hurricanes,” she said, citing a combination of unpredictable meteorological factors.<\/p>\n

Skies cleared in many parts on Sunday, allowing work with heavy clearance machinery to begin.<\/p>\n

Agencies Via Xinhua<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A rescuer works near a car hanging over a fence by a damaged house in Poza Rica, Mexico, on Monday, following torrential rains. FELIX MARQUEZ\/AP TENANGO DE DORIA, Mexico — Rescuers scrambled on Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported…<\/p>\n

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