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death toll from MexicoTorrential rainfall increased to 44 on Sunday, causing floods and landslides across the country, forcing the President. claudia sheinbaum Calling on governors of hard-hit states to direct emergency response planning.
Mexico’s National Civil Protection Coordination said 18 people had died due to the heavy rains as of Sunday. veracruz 16 people in the Gulf Coast state and Hidalgo state in the north. Mexico CityAt least nine people died in this pueblaEast of Mexico City. Earlier, a child had died after being trapped in a landslide in the central state of Querétaro.
The death toll could still rise as rescue workers continued digging through villages covered in mud and debris on Sunday.
In Veracruz and Puebla, hundreds of army personnel, police officers and firefighters carried out rescue operations and set up temporary shelters where stranded residents could receive food and medical care. Thousands of residents across the country were still suffering from lack of running water and electricity.
“We will not leave anyone helpless,” President Sheinbaum wrote on social media. Surveying officials’ aid distribution in the hard-hit Uchinango municipality in Puebla on Sunday, Sheinbaum said Sunday’s better weather offered an opportunity to reach communities that were still completely isolated.
Officials have blamed Tropical Storm Priscilla, which was previously a hurricane, and Tropical Storm Raymond for the deadly rain that fell on Mexico’s west coast.