Mexico Flood Toll Tops 100 in Chiapas
The sun finally broke through the clouds in southern Mexico on Friday, giving relief teams the first chance in days to fly to flooded villages isolated by washed-out roads and breakdowns in radio communications.
The death toll in Chiapas state increased to more than 100 Friday, according to authorities. At least 50 communities had no means of communication.
Eight days of rain--from storms in the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico--brought flooding believed to be the region’s worst in at least half a century.
With Chiapas’ road system torn apart by surging rivers and mudslides, the government sent aid into Guatemala to be carried back north by truck.
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