Sheinbaum goes to affected areas of Puebla due to rains and floods and missing persons decrease

Mexico City.- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum completed her sixth day of tours on Sunday in the areas affected by the intense extraordinary rains that occurred last week in five states of the country and that, according to the most recent report, have left 76 dead and 31 missing. Sheinbaum visits a temporary shelter today, the community of El Carrizal in Pantepec, state of Puebla. “We visited the municipality of Pantepec, Puebla to supervise the cleaning work and give a message to the affected people. We are not leaving anyone behind,” the president pointed out in a message on social media. While the National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC) pointed out that in the municipalities of Puebla, the federal and state governments support families affected by the rains with medical attention, supplies and machinery. Since Saturday, the Mexican Government specified that the “extraordinary rains” lashed the states of Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí and Querétaro, between October 7 and 11, 2025, although in its first reports it indicated the period from October 6 to 9. This Sunday, authorities put the number of people who died at 76 and lowered the number of missing or not located people to 31, which was 39 until Saturday.

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According to its official report published on a microsite about the effects of the rains, Veracruz is the state with the highest number of deaths with a total of 34, while 14 are still missing. Hidalgo follows, with 22 deaths and 12 missing; Puebla with 19 deaths and 5 missing, and Querétaro with one death. The report indicated that federal authorities specified that in the areas affected by the rains and subsequent floods and landslides, 329 roads remain closed and 335 have been opened. While the affected municipalities total 109, Veracruz (38), Hidalgo (28), Puebla (23), San Luis Potosí (12) and Querétaro (8) all with severe damage to homes, roads and cultivated areas. Since October 10, the Mexican government has been in permanent session to address the emergency, in coordination with state governments, and has estimated the damage to about 100,000 homes in the five states.