Rains and flooding kill some 30 people in Mexico
Heavy rains and flooding from a series of storms have killed around 30 people in Mexico and left thousands homeless in coastal areas in the past week, with more rain forecast for the weekend.
Rains from Tropical Storm Jose, the 10th of the season, drenched Mexico’s Gulf coast early in the week, forcing some 25,000 people from their homes in Veracruz state.
Seven people were killed in a landslide in a mountainous region of the state, and four died as rivers overflowed their banks in lower-lying areas, officials said on Thursday.
On the Pacific coast, five people died in Michoacan state when they were swept away by waters from the Aguililla river amid intense rains on Wednesday.
Another four were still missing in the area on Thursday and some 200 had suffered flood damages.
In the southern state of Oaxaca, which also has Pacific coastline, 12 deaths were blamed on flooding related to the passage of Jose and other Pacific storms, including eight passengers riding in a truck when it was swept away by flood waters.
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Mexico Fears Flooding From Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Emily swept ashore Wednesday and weakened, but it still threatened to unleash flash floods and landslides in the mountains after pounding the coast with 125 mph winds and forcing thousands along the Gulf of Mexico to flee.
The eye of the week-old hurricane came ashore before dawn near San Fernando, about 75 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Emily's winds and torrential rains knocked out power, shredded metal roofs and shattered plate-glass windows.
There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. Thousands of residents and tourists had been ordered to evacuate homes and
Flooding kills more than 160 in southern Mexico, Central America
Rescue workers were searching for victims of a mudslide near a volcano-ringed lake popular with tourists in Guatemala, as the death toll from flooding sparked by heavy rains climbed to 79 across this country and 62 in neighboring El Salvador.
Downpours have battered much of Central America and southern Mexico since the weekend, and it was still raining in most areas, causing rivers to overflow and carry off homes and people and huge chunks of land to give way, burying everything in their path.
Forecasters at the U.S. Hurricane Center said
Hurricane Stan kills 162 in Mexico, Central America
Huge mudslides, flooding and torrential rains from Hurricane Stan have killed at least 162 people in Central America and southern Mexico, rescue workers said on Wednesday.
Relentless rain pounded mountain villages and urban shanty towns across the impoverished region, and hillsides collapsed under four days of downpours.
The death toll more than doubled on Wednesday when rivers burst their banks in southern Mexico, and emergency teams found dozens more victims buried under banks of mud in remote Guatemalan towns.
By the evening, the death toll in Guatemala stood at 79 people, but the government said that
Hurricane Otis sparks flooding in western Mexico
Likely to come ashore in little-populated area
About 1,000 people fled their homes in low-lying areas and stiff rains sparked flooding along main streets of this resort city Saturday, as slow-moving Hurricane Otis picked up strength in the Pacific.
Packing 100 mph (160 kph) winds, the Category 1 hurricane was nearly stationary 150 miles (235 kilometers) west of the southern tip of Baja California and rains and heavy winds from its outer bands were lashing the peninsula.
Forecasters expected Otis eventually to resume a course north, skirting past Cabo San Lucas and the nearby resort
USAID Provides Assistance to Mexico Flood Victims
USAID is providing a total of $100,000 to the Mexican Red Cross and other implementing partners for the local purchase and distribution of emergency relief supplies in response to flooding and damage associated with Hurricane Stan.
On October 6, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio O. Garza, Jr. issued a disaster declaration due to the magnitude of damage caused by the flooding.
On October 4, Hurricane Stan made landfall south of Veracruz, Mexico causing rivers to overflow and widespread flooding in the states of Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabsco, Puebla, Hidalgo, and Guerrero. The flooding is
Tropical Storm Jose causes flooding, kills one in Mexico
Tropical Storm Jose weakened over the mountains of central Mexico on Tuesday, leaving flooding and at least one death in its wake.
Jose grew to tropical storm strength Monday afternoon in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, and made landfall early Tuesday northwest of Veracruz with a sustained wind speed of 50 mph (80 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The storm dumped rain across region, triggering landslides and flooding that forced thousands to evacuate their houses. A 59-year-old man was killed in Jalapa when his home was buried by a
Hurricane Stan leaves 231 dead in Central America, Mexico
Rescue workers in Guatemala said they pulled at least 40 bodies from a massive mudslide and found 20 more dead in a swollen river, raising to at least 231 the number of people killed from five days of pounding rains after Hurricane Stan hit Central America and Mexico.
Officials expected the death to toll to climb as they searched for more than 150 others who were missing following the landslide in Solola, a town close to Lake Atitlan, 100 kilometres west of the capital, Guatemala City.
Along the country's Pacific coast, the Nahualate
Hurricane Rita - Cuba/Gulf of Mexico: OCHA Situation Report No. 1
This report is based on information provided by the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Cuba and several media report.
1. The Hurricane RITA, classified already category IV event according to the Saffir-Simpson scale, has been affecting the territory of Cuba during the last days. RITA continues advancing in the Gulf of Mexico due west, leaving behind in Cuba torrential rains.
2. Torrential rains and thunderstorms, accompanied by strong wind squalls, some of them up to 100 km an hour, pounded many areas of Cuba for several days.
Army OF Americas Forming, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Kill Foreign $$ Dictators
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Cancún and Mexico’s Maya Riviera resurrected
Cancún, Mexico’s flagship tourist destination is steaming back.
A number of its popular resort hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, and area attractions are in fact already back in business and receiving guests. And rapid pace work continues on other visitor sites and services – all damaged by Hurricane Wilma and the devastation it left along the Caribbean coast of Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula last October.
Going beyond the range of Wilma, regional repair, restoration and aid work is also taking place in areas where Hurricane Stan caused damage. Stan struck before Wilma, in early October, and while
