40.000 people affected by rains and floods in Mexico
Baku, September 6 (AZERTAC). The weekend rains in Mexico caused damages to 40.000 thousand people, while the meteorological agencies reported that precipitation will continue across the country. The General Coordination of Civil Protection Department of the Interior (Interior Ministry) reported that four people were killed in Oaxaca by landslides, three in the State of Mexico that were swept away by a river and two in Mexico City, when down a hillside on a home. This is in addition to the 58 people who died in Mexico during the rainy season, which officially started last June 1 and end on 30 November.
During the past weekend, the body most affected was the State of Mexico, which is already on high alert for rain forecasts for the next three days, while working to curb the growth of flooded water in residential areas.
Government Secretary General, Luis Miranda Nava said that in the region there are 1,200 homes in Cuautitlan with sewage, it asked the families to go to shelters until the weather to cooperate and to work to rehabilitate the river Cuautitlán.
Other families in the communities of San Jose Puente Grande were affected by floods, which caused the whole entity is declared on high alert while trying to hold back the water. Is expected on Tuesday, the state governor, Enrique Peña Nieto, visit the communities of San Jose Puente Grande, Los Fresnos and Los Olivos. In neighboring entities are also damaged by the rains. There are 300 homes in Hidalgo affected in the region of Tula-Tepeji.
The National Water Commission (Conagua) reported that monitoring is maintained on the dam and the river Tula Endhó to prevent overflows. Cold front brings rain also number 1 on Guerrero, Campeche, Oaxaca and Chiapas, civil protection officials said. It is expected to have rain Tuesday and Wednesday between 50 and 70 millimeters. In the southeast, in the state of Tabasco, authorities monitor the Angostura Dam is at 79% capacity filled, with 73% Malpaso and Penitas dam in 86.4%.
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