Veracruz experiences fatalities and damage from rain and accidents

Heavy rains and weather-related incidents have caused fatalities and significant infrastructure damage across the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

In Zongolica, 76-year-old Serafín Apale Xocua died after being swept away by a water current in the Totomachapa ravine. Civil Protection Secretary Guadalupe Osorno Maldonado reported that the storms have also triggered multiple landslides, sinkholes, and river overflows. Specific damage includes four landslides in Zongolica, mudflow affecting a home in Zacualpan, and several sinkholes on the Atzacan-Orizaba and La Sidra-Dos Ríos roads.

In a separate incident on the Tampico-Tuxpan federal highway near Tampico Alto, a man was killed after being struck by a vehicle. Authorities noted that the vehicle(s) involved fled the scene, and investigations are ongoing to identify those responsible. Emergency services, including the National Guard and local police, responded to the highway accident to secure the area.