The number of deaths by John in the state of Oaxacasouthern Mexico, increased this Saturday to five, thus adding at least 24 deaths due to the effects of the meteorological phenomenon throughout the country, including 18 in the neighboring Warriorand one more in Michoacan.
The authorities of Oaxaca confirmed the location of two bodies, an elderly adult and a child, in the municipality of Coicoyan from Las Flores, who were buried in their home by a hill that softened due to the intense rains caused by the cyclone John in his passage through Oaxaca.
“Coicoyan Las Flores is a municipality evaluated by the authorities as one of the poorest in the country because more than 90% of its almost 8,000 inhabitants survive in extreme poverty“
With these deaths there are five deaths John in Oaxacaafter last Thursday the governor, Salomón Jara, reported three cases. It was an older adult who died as a result of a slide from a hillside on her home in Santiago Amoltepec, in the Sierra Sur de Oaxacaas well as a minor and another elderly adult who were swept away by rivers in the Mixteca region.
According to Protection Civil of Oaxacathe alert continues in the regions of the Sierra Sur and Costa de Oaxaca because the rains will persist during this weekend.
In Michoacana state in the southwestern part of Mexico, the death of a four-year-old boy who fell into the Rio Grande River in Moreliawhich was almost at the edge of its capacity due to the continuous rains.
In Warrioranother five people were found dead in Acapulcoin addition to the fact that two more, a mother and her son, are missing after the collapse of a fence, thus adding 18 deaths in that state since the impact of the cyclone last Monday. However, the state’s official figures only include eight deaths so far.
Lopez Worker confirms 8 deaths in Acapulco
This morning, the outgoing president, Andrés Manuel Lopez Workerregretted the death of eight people due to the landslides that caused John on the coasts of Acapulco and highlighted the rescue efforts of the Armed Forces.
‘The Army, the Navy and the National Guard rescued many families who were isolated in their homes due to the floods in Acapulco. This first stage allowed us to save lives and we only regret the loss of eight people due to landslides due to the intense rains,” he said.
John degraded on Friday as a remaining low pressure in Michoacanafter re-emerging on Wednesday from its remnants after having made landfall on Monday as a category 3 in Warrior.
