Heavy rainfall in the wake of Tropical Storm Trudy have caused flooding and mudslides in Guerrero and Oaxaca states in southern Mexico. Over 4,000 people have been evacuated and a state of emergency has been declared in 36 municipalities.
Four died in a mudslide in the municipalicyt of Ometepec. In the same area one man was swept away by a swollen river. The other death occurred in Tlacoachistlahuaca.
Bestias buscando refugio para poder sobrevivir, ante la Tormenta Tropical Trudy. Ometepec, Gro. @primerotuimagen pic.twitter.com/T8MPggCyAj
— Efrain Montero (@Pinmontero) October 19, 2014
Tropical Storm Trudy made landfall on 18 October near Marquelia, Guerrero. In its wake remains a slow moving area of low pressure that, according to Mexico’s weather service (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional) is likely to bring further heavy rainfall of between 15 mm to 30 mm of rain per hour early on 20 October 2014 in Guerrero and Oaxaca. Heavy rainfall is also expected in Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas.
