Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search operations expand

POZA RICA Mexico AP The death toll from last week s torrential rains in Mexico jumped to on Monday as searches expanded to communities previously cut off by landslides Another people were missing following the heavy rainfall in central and southeastern Mexico that caused rivers to top their banks Civil Defense Coordinator Laura Vel zquez Alz a commented during President Claudia Sheinbaum s daily press briefing Related Articles Bus crash in mountainous region of South Africa kills at least people China s exports to US drop in September while rise in global shipments hits a -month high What to know as Israel and Hamas exchange hostages and prisoners and Trump visits the Middle East China shows no sign of backing down while issuing call for US to withdraw tariff threat Nobel economics prize goes to researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic progress There are sufficient tools this won t be skimped on because we re still in the crisis period Sheinbaum commented Thousands of military personnel have been deployed across the region In northern Veracruz communities remained inaccessible by road Sheinbaum acknowledged it could still be days before access is established to selected places A lot of flights are required to take sufficient food and water to those places she revealed Early official estimates note affected homes and in particular cases houses near rivers practically disappeared Sheinbaum revealed The scale of the destruction across five states was coming into clearer focus a day after Sheinbaum visited affected communities in Puebla and Veracruz promising a rapidly scaled-up cabinet response Mexico s Civil Protection agency mentioned the heavy rains had killed people in Veracruz state on the Gulf Coast as of Monday morning and people in Hidalgo state north of Mexico City At least were killed in Puebla east of Mexico City Earlier in the central state of Quer taro a child died in a landslide Follow AP s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https apnews com hub latin-america