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Heavy rain, floods in Mexico leave almost 30 dead

By AAP Newswire

Oct 11, 2025

Flooding in Poza Rica, Mexico — Heavy rain and riverine flooding left much of Poza Rica in eastern Mexico under water. -EPA

Heavy rainfall in Mexico has left at least 27 people dead and more missing, authorities say, as downpours triggered landslides, cut off power in some areas and caused rivers to burst their banks.

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Civil protection authorities in the state of Hidalgo reported 16 people dead and said at least 1000 homes and hundreds of schools had been affected.

Puebla state governor Alejandro Armenta said at least nine people had died due to incidents such as landslides, and another five had been reported missing. Authorities reported two more deaths in the state of Veracruz.

"We are working to support the population, open roads and restore electrical services," President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a post on social media platform X.

She shared photos of emergency responders carrying supplies as they waded knee-deep in flooded streets.

A video from the navy showed an officer searching for stranded people as he advanced down a street neck-deep in water in Poza Rica, where heavy rains and the flooding of the Cazones river brought much of the Veracruz city under water.

The Ministry of Defence said it had deployed more than 5400 personnel to help monitor, evacuate and clean up affected areas.

Meanwhile, storms Raymond and Priscilla have been dumping rain on the Baja California peninsula and the nation's western Pacific seaboard.