Among the activities that will be financed “include access to drinking water and sanitation services, health care and cash distribution for people who have lost their livelihoods.”
The authority said the funds will also be used to provide educational services for children and adolescents affected by school closures.
Additionally, to support emergency response and damage assessment, the European Union has also activated the Copernicus satellite service to produce maps.
The organization noted that this new emergency aid is added to the more than 28 million euros already allocated in 2025 in humanitarian aid and disaster preparedness in Mexico and Central America.
The European Union and its member states claim to be the world’s largest donor of humanitarian aid. ”Emergency aid is an expression of European solidarity with people in need around the world,” they point out.
”Its objective is to save lives, prevent and alleviate human suffering and safeguard the integrity and human dignity of populations affected by natural disasters and man-made crises,” they say.
Through the Department of Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission, the European Union helps millions of victims of conflicts and disasters every year.
The historic floods caused dozens of deaths and affected 100,000 homes.
The disaster began when torrential rains in the center and east of the country caused the collapse of bridges, overflows of land and rivers, which left multiple roads buried, causing some communities to remain cut off.
The affected entities are Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Puebla and Hidalgo.
