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Hurricane Jova leaves 100,000 in Mexico and South America Facing Flooding
October 15, 2011 | by UN News | Latino Daily News
Some 100,000 people in Mexico and Central America are facing flooding as Hurricane Jova and a tropical depression unleash torrential rains over the region, the United Nations reported today as it activated emergency and assessment teams in Nicaragua and El Salvador. continue reading »
SATURDAY UPDATE: Hurricane Karl Kills 2 in Mudslide
September 18, 2010 | by AFP via Google | Latino Daily News
UPDATE: At least two people have been reported killed as Hurricane Karl caused flooding and mudslides in Mexico. Karl, which caused widespread property damage as a hurricane in the port city of Veracruz, weakened to a tropical depression Friday night. It was dissipating over the mountains early Saturday, but still was expected to produce up to another 3 inches of rain in some areas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Mexico's Navy sent helicopters to rescue about 40 families trapped on a hill surrounded by floodwaters in the town of San Pancho, north of Veracruz city, said state Civil Protection Secretary Silvia Dominguez. South of the city, in Cotaxtla, houses were flooded up to their roofs and officials were hunting for seven members of two families feared washed away by a swollen river. Veracruz state Gov. Fidel Herrera said some 16,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes as the storm roared through, downing trees, power lines and billboards and erasing beachfront huts. The Gulf of Mexico is preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Karl. Karl is currently a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph 70 miles east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico and 165 miles east-southeast of Tuxpan. continue reading »
