Tropical Storm Trudy Batters Southwestern Mexico Coast, Kills Six Phys.org | |
go to original October 19, 2014 |
A man looks at the sea as dark clouds brought by Tropical storm Trudy are seen in Acapulco October 18, 2014. (Reuters/Claudio Vargas)
Six people were killed as tropical storm Trudy - since downgraded to a tropical depression - lashed Mexico, prompting evacuations and stranding 16 communities, authorities said Sunday.
The heavy rains caused a landslide on a farm in the indigenous town of Tlacoachistlahuaca in the southern state of Guerrero, killing a 23-year-old man, a civil protection official told local media.
Two children and a woman were crushed to death when a wall collapsed in a mudslide in Ometepec; another person was buried in Cochoapa by a caved-in wall; and a swollen stream swept away and killed a 70-year-old man, officials said.
Some 2,000 people were evacuated from three towns in the mountain region hardest hit by Trudy. Authorities urged residents not to return home for at least 48 hours, until the threat of landslides passed.
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