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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | August 2005 
Heavy Rains Kill Nine People in Oaxaca State
 EFE/El Universal
| | Civil protection officials carry food and clothing on Monday to aid people whose homes were flooded by heavy rains in Veracruz. (Photo: El Universal) |
Nine people are reported dead with another six missing in Oaxaca from the heavy rains that have lashed southern sections of the country.
Elsewhere, four children died and another person is missing after rains swept through Veracruz over the past three days.
Officials in Oaxaca told journalists that two people drowned Sunday night in the municipality of Miahuatlan when they tried to cross a swollen river in a pickup truck.
Another 13 people who were traveling in a vehicle, along with a local fisherman, were also swept away by the river current and were initially listed as missing, González said. However, later reports indicated that seven of the passengers had been confirmed dead.
The rains also affected banana and corn crops in Miahuatlan and in the municipality of San Juan Bautista, along the border with Veracruz state, González said.
In Veracruz, four children were killed in the town of San Andrés Tuxtla on Sunday when eight homes were swept away in floods.
On Sunday night, the Interior Secretariat declared nine Veracruz municipalities in a state of emergency due to the rains. |
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