The heavy rain that occurred on Thursday in almost the entire country caused two deaths, in addition to flooded homes, landslides and overflowing rivers in several states, the Mexican government reported this Friday.
authorities of Civil defense They stated in a press conference that On Thursday it rained in 31 of the 32 states of Mexicowith the greatest damage in the state of Veracruz, Querétaro and Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí.
The president Claudia Sheinbaum He said in his usual press conference that a minor died in Querétaro, apparently swept away by the current, and that a police officer died in Veracruz while trying to rescue some people trapped by a flood.
Laura Velazqueznational coordinator of Civil Protection, said that there are 38 municipalities affected in Veracruzwhere temporary shelters have also been activated, while the army and navy have deployed aid plans for the population.
The authorities also deployed contingency plans for the Tropical Storm Raymondwhich causes heavy rains as it travels through the Pacific parallel to the Mexican coast.
Velázquez said that there are also effects from the storm in the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Michoacán.
Raymond is located 655 kilometers south of the Baja California peninsula, in northwest Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour.
It is expected that on Saturday or Sunday it will enter the state of Baja California Sur as a tropical depression.
