The Puebla government said one town received a month’s worth of rain in just 24 hours, and in one area, a hill swept down on an adjacent village, killing almost a dozen residents.
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Meanwhile, in the Pacific, a major storm has formed and is bearing toward Baja California Sur.
Pubella: Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Earl have left at least 11 people dead in central and eastern Mexico, as a new storm threatened the country’s Pacific coast.
Residents stand outside their damaged houses after a mudslide following heavy showers caused by the passing of Tropical Storm Earl, in the town of Huauchinango, in Puebla state, Mexico, August 7, 2016.
Rescuers check a damaged passenger bus falling into a ravine after heavy rains brought by tropical strom Earl, in the state of Puebla, Mexico, on August 7, 2016.
A state official on Sunday said that up to 10 more people may be missing there.
Luis Felipe Puente, head of national emergency services, said on Sunday that 28 people were killed in Puebla state and another 10 died in neighbouring Veracruz state.
“It is a tragedy what has happened to our people in Huauchinango”, Gabriel Alvarado, mayor of the township of Huauchinango, said in a statement issued before the full death toll had been determined.
Heavy rain continued in the area, leading officials to close a section of the main highway connecting Mexico City to the region. 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. A tropical storm watch was in effect from the southern part of the Baja California peninsula to Santa Fe.
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Javier was located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Cabo San Lucas early Monday, with winds of 50 mph (85 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It also passed over Guatemala and southern Mexico before regaining strength over the Gulf of Mexico and making a second landfall on Veracruz’s coastline late Friday.
