Devastating Floods in Mexico Test a Popular President
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Devastating Floods in Mexico Test a Popular President
When torrential rains hit a swath of Mexico last week, the Cazones River swelled so fast there was virtually no time to flee. In mere hours, the river rose by many feet, the authorities and residents said, overtaking its banks and pouring into people’s homes, including in Poza Rica, a small working-class city in Veracruz State. “The alert arrived when the wave was already on top of you,” Adán González Ortega, a 78-year-old resident, said in an i…
President Claudia Sheinbaum said that there are already 70 people who have died from the rains recorded in several states of the country
Drafting Versions With the recent reforms approved by the local Congress, the state government of Veracruz declares a state of disaster due to the recent rains and floods The agreement was published on Thursday, October 16, and was published in the State Official Gazette and initialled by Gov.Rocio Nahle García.
President Claudia Sheinbaum noted that there are 72 missing persons.
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