He said 25 of the dead were in various parts of the township of Huaucinango and three were in Tlaola.
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“On the forecast track, the centre of the tropical cyclone should pass near or over the southwest coast of Mexico later today, and approach the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula on Monday”, the centre said.
After forming in the western Caribbean on August 2, Earl made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Belize City on August 4.
Tropical Storm Earl which has swept Mexico’s eastern regions has killed some 38 people following intense landslides and flooding.
Prior to hitting Mexico, Tropical Storm Earl, killed nine people.
The death toll from the remnants of Hurricane Earl grew to 18 in Mexico on Sunday as a new tropical storm formed off the country’s Pacific Coast.
“It is a tragedy what has happened to our people in Huauchinango”, Mayor Gabriel Alvarado was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
Federal transportation authorities said the area had received a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours.
Most of the victims lost their lives after their houses were engulfed by tonnes of mud and rocks, and officials say that a whole hill collapsed near Huauchinango, sweeping down on a nearby village.
Javier was located about 75 miles (125 kilometers) southeast of Cabo San Lucas Monday morning, with winds of 50 mph (85 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
A hurricane warning was in effect for the southern tip of Baja California.
Javier, which could strengthen to hurricane status by Monday afternoon, was expected to bring heavy rains and high winds to southwestern Mexico in the coming days, United States weather forecasters said. It was moving west-northwest at about 13 miles per hour (20 kph).Heavy rains of between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) were expected, along with high winds.
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Javier arrives in the wake of Earl, which was briefly a hurricane before hitting Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula, dumping rain and triggering deadly landslides across parts of eastern Mexico.
