Veracruz, Oaxaca and Morelia /
At least two people died and one disappeared in Veracruz due to the rains that have caused the cyclone Nadinewhich made landfall on Saturday in Belize, and a cold front, authorities reported.
The heavy rainfall that fell during 72 hours left damage to 32 municipalities and forced the Mexican Army to apply the DN-III Plan already Ministry of Public Security state, the TajÃn Plan.
The balance so far is dozens of popular neighborhoods under water, flooded roads, traffic cuts on highways and roads, 40 rural communities cut off from communication, and the suspension of classes in 35 municipalities.
The Civil Protection Secretariat of Veracruz reported that the majority of hit communities are in the mountainous region and in the south of the entity, facing the Gulf of Mexico.
The livestock and oil corridor of Jesus Carranza, Minatitlán, Coatzacoalcos and Cosoleacaque suffers the greatest damage with more than 30 neighborhoods affected due to floods that reached up to 50 centimeters.
He overflow of the Tesechoacan Rivernear the municipality of Acayucan, generated the closure of the federal highway 145D Cosoleacaque-La Tinaja. The National guard reported that the closure is intermittent and takes place starting at kilometer 167, affecting traffic to the south of the country.
Meanwhile, in Oaxaca At least eight towns and two municipalities in the basin and the Mazatec Sierra are cut off, however there is no report of victims or injuries, according to the coordinator of Civil defense and Risk Management, Manuel Maza Sánchez.
He reported that in the impact zone the DN-III Plan and the Marine Plan to assist the civilian population at riskspecifying that at least three shelters have been installed in the municipality of Valle Nacional to relocate some 200 families who live in a danger zone.
He explained that in the municipality of Santa MarÃa Chimalapas There are four municipal agencies cut off: El Pilar, Espinoza de León, Nuevo San Juan and RÃo FrÃo, and in Ayotzintepec the overflow of the Cajonos River and the Mojarra stream closed the land route to the municipality of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec.
Governor Salomón Jara said that heavy machinery has been moved to the area affected by the rains to clear and clear paths on roads and highways where landslides were reported, in addition to Welfare brigades beginning a count of the damage.
Alert for Kristy
The State Coordination of Civil Protection remains alert and vigilant in the face of tropical storm Kristywhich already generates rain in Michoacan. Via social networks, he indicated that the phenomenon will cause more intense rainfall in the coming hours.
The regional subdelegations of the state are already attentive, as electric shocks, increases in the levels of rivers and streams, landslides and floods are expected. He National Weather Service heavy rains are also expected in Guerrero, Jalisco and Colima.
With information from: Fluvio César, Óscar RodrÃguez and Elizabeth Guzmán
