Heavy Rains Claim at Least 2 in Mexico
Three days of torrential rains from a tropical depression have triggered landslides and sent rivers over their banks in southwestern Mexico, killing at least two people and forcing hundreds to flee their homes, officials said Friday.
Both deaths occurred Thursday in the state of Oaxaca.
Francisca Ordonez, 29, drowned late Thursday when she fell into an overflowing river, state officials told local television.
In another incident, an unidentified driver was killed when he was forced off the road by a landslide near the Pacific coast.
In neighboring Chiapas, which borders Guatemala to the south, government shelters grew crowded Friday with families fleeing flooding coastal areas.
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