Heavy rains in Mexico leave nearly 30 dead


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  • Saturday, 11 Oct 2025

An aerial view of the flooding in Veracruz, Mexico, in this screengrab from a video released on October 9, 2025. Rocio Nahle/Handout via REUTERS

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Heavy rainfall in Mexico has left at least 27 people dead and more missing, authorities said on Friday, as downpours triggered several landslides, cut off power in some municipalities and caused rivers to burst their banks.

Civil protection authorities in Hidalgo state reported 16 deaths and said at least 1,000 homes and hundreds of schools had been affected.

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