Among the casualties of Earl, at least 29 people died in multiple mudslides in the mountainous north of Puebla state, said state Interior Secretary Diodoro Carrasco.
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Forecasters said Javier should pass over or near the coast and then near the resort-dotted southern portion of the Baja California Peninsula on Monday.
A state official told AFP Sunday that up to 10 more people may be missing there.
At least 25 of the deaths in Puebla state were confirmed on Sunday near the town of Huauchinango in the rugged Sierra Norte de Puebla mountains, site of the worst destruction so far.
“It is a tragedy what has happened to our people in Huauchinango”, Mayor Gabriel Alvarado said.
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, USA weather forecasters said.
Another 10 people died in neighboring Veracruz state, buried in landslides after intense rainfall and flooding, Governor Javier Duarte said in a post on Twitter on Sunday.
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.
Issued at 300 AM MDT MON AUG 08 2016 000 WTPZ41 KNHC 080852 TCDEP1TROPICAL STORM JAVIER DISCUSSION NUMBER 5 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112016 300 AM MDT MON AUG 08 2016The tropical cyclone has changed little in organization since the previous advisory.
It built up strength after passing the Gulf of Mexico, before hitting the coast of Veracruz late on Friday.
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A tropical storm warning is in effect for Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes (Puerto Vallarta) on the mainland, and from La Paz southward and westward to Santa Fe, including Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur.
