Mexico and the United States were hit this weekend by two of the strongest hurricanes of the year. In the first case, Hurricane John left at least 16 dead in the south of the country, while Helene left havoc in several states such as Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, with their strong winds and torrential rains.
“Unfortunately the number of deaths, according to the State Prosecutor’s Office (of Guerrero), is 15 people“, the president wrote on the social network Andrés Manuel López Obradorwhile the authorities of the neighboring state of Oaxaca confirmed one more death.
For his part, Manuel Maza, director of civil protection of the neighboring state of Oaxaca (southern), confirmed to AFP the death of a person, although this victim has not been included in the report of the federal authorities.
John hit the night of Monday to Tuesday as a powerful category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale (with a maximum of 5) in an unpopulated area of the Mexican Pacific, but unleashed rains that caused landslides and floods in Guerrero and Oaxaca.
The phenomenon weakened on land, but its remnants returned to the ocean and regained hurricane strength on Thursday, before re-entering the country through the state of Michoacán (west).
Dozens of deaths and destruction in different parts of the United States
The storms in the United States left at least 24 dead in South Carolina, 17 in Georgia, 11 in Florida, 11 in North Carolina and one in Virginia, according to local authorities. Furthermore, at least 2.7 million people remain without electricity.
The rescuers They continue working to assist the thousands of people affected because of the storm Helene in the southeast of the country. The roads were flooded, there were power outages and it was difficult for food to reach the affected areas by air.
“Search and rescue efforts by local, state and federal officials continue,” said Lori Moore-Merrell of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“There is a Major road closures due to standing water and risks impede response effortsincluding resuming power, debris clearing, search and rescue, and damage assessment,” he added.
They are still active three flash flood warnings in western North Carolina due to risk of dam breachesreported the director of the National Meteorological Service, Ken Graham.
The official added that The weather is expected to improve in the affected areas around Tuesday.
Source: Ambito
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