President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo visited the municipality of Álamo for the first time Temapachein Veracruzafter the tragedy due to the heavy rains, which has already been going on for a week.
The President took a tour of Colonia San Antonio and then through the center of the Veracruz town, one of the most affected by the floods due to the overflowing of the Tepantepec and Vinazco rivers, where he spoke with affected families and merchants.
Sheinbaum Pardo spent around two hours at the head of Álamo Temapache and at the last minute her team canceled a tour at the “Enrique C. Rebsamen” shelter, located in the Pueblo Nuevo community, where personnel from the Army, Navy, federal and state officials, as well as the president of Álamo, the Morenista Blanca Lilia Arrieta Pardo, were already waiting for her.
From Álamo Temapache, the President of Mexico went to Tempoal, Veracruz, according to security personnel installed in the area.
Besides, The President was in Poza Rica, where she met with Governor Rocío Nahlewho thanked the support for the situation facing the state.
“Your support strengthens the joint work for the recovery and well-being of the people of Veracruz,” said the governor.
To date, 793 people are sheltered in the shelter that the head of the federal Executive was going to visit, receiving medical care, food and social support.
One week after the heavy rains, 48 of the 51 neighborhoods in the municipal seat of Álamo Temapache are still affected by the overflowing of the Tepantepec and Vinazco rivers, which both flow into this town known as the orange capital.
“There is a lot of pain, a lot of material loss, fortunately, thank God. Our population is very hurt and we have 48 neighborhoods in the municipal capital damaged, exceeding the water levels to more than two meters, it went to the second level, in the lowest places up to the third level, it really was an unexpected catastrophe for everyone,” said the mayor.
As of yesterday, 72 people have died and 48 have not been located after this natural disaster.
Of the total deaths, Hidalgo reports 21, in addition to 29 people not located; Puebla with 18 people dead and five not located; Querétaro with a death. Veracruz registers 32 dead people and 14 missing; San Luis Potosí does not report any cases.
Governors appreciate actions
Given the emergency after the rains and floods, yesterday morning the governors of the five affected states thanked President Claudia for the support Sheinbaum and to the Army for “always rifling.”
What was said by Mauricio Kuri, PAN governor of Querétaro, drew attention, who reiterated his gratitude to the head of the federal Executive. “Of course the Army is always raffling off, and very very grateful to you and all your teams,” he said.
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127 communities remain incommunicado
After the intense rains recorded a week ago in five states of the country, the Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina, reported that the number of isolated locations was reduced from 288 to 127.
The official explained that between October 14 and 17, communication was restored in 161 locations, which he described as significant progress.
By entity, progress was reported. In Hidalgo, of the 309 affected roads, 131 are already open, 90 partially and 88 remain closed.
In Puebla, the number of communities without a crossing was reduced from 21 to 13. Querétaro and San Luis Potosí no longer register isolated locations; In the case of Querétaro, the landslide in San Joaquín will be released in the next few hours.
While In Veracruz there is a deployment of 133 machines and 203 workers. The number of affected towns fell from 45 to 37, with 30 roads open and nine partially passable.
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Deployment of Army and Navy elements continues
The Secretariat of National Defense reported that the Army has mobilized 8,389 troops within the DN-III-E Plan, with 21 helicopters operating in Veracruz, Puebla and Hidalgo.
For its part, The Navy indicated that the agency has 4,519 elements deployed in four states.
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