Six dead in landslides caused by Tropical Storm Earl in Mexico

A home damaged by a landslide in Xalapa community, Veracruz, Mexico, following heavy rains.

Six people died in landslides in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz as what had been Tropical Storm Earl dumped heavy rains on the region, authorities said on Saturday.

Veracruz Civil Protection Secretary Yolanda Gutierrez Carlin said the dead included a child, and officials in neighbouring Puebla state warned that rivers in the mountainous area were in danger of flooding.

"The heavy rains caused two landslides leading to the deaths of six people in the townships of Coscomatepec and Tequila," Gutierrez Carlin said.


In Coscomatepec, about 100km south of the Veracruz state capital, Xalapa, a married couple and their one-year-old son were buried by the mudslide. Three others died in the other slide in Tequila, a town about 50km to the south.