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Videos on social media from different parts of the affected
areas showed streets turned into rivers carrying away vehicles
and houses almost completely covered in water.
Mexico deployed 8,700 military personnel to assist the
population.
One of the hardest hit areas was the central state of Hidalgo,
where 16 deaths have been reported, according to state Interior
Secretary Guillermo Olivares Reyna.
At least 1,000 homes, 59 hospitals and clinics, and 308 schools
have suffered damage in the state because of landslides and
rivers topping their banks. Some 17 of the states 84
municipalities were without electricity, he said.
In neighboring Puebla state, nine people died and 13 were
missing, according to Gov. Alejandro Armenta. He requested help
from the federal government to rescue 15 people, including some
children, who were stranded on rooftops by floodwaters. He
estimated some 80,000 people were affected by the heavy rains
and said a gas pipeline was ruptured by a landslide.
In the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, two people died, including
a police officer, Gov. Rocío Nahle said. Some 5.000 homes were
damaged and the Navy evacuated nearly 900 people to shelters.
The city of Poza Rica was one of the hardest hit by river
flooding. Authorities cut electricity as a precaution.
Earlier, authorities in the central state of Queretaro confirmed
that the child had died after being caught in a landslide.
The heavy rainfall also caused power outages affecting more than
320,000 users and damage to almost 1,000 kilometers of roads in
six states, authorities said.
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