RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Mexico - Flash Flood

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-02-05, 08:12:24 [UTC] Ref.no.: FF-20100205-24805-MEX Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-02-05 at 08:23:58 [UTC] Event: Flash Flood Location: Mexico MultiStates States of Michoacan, Guanajuato and Mexico City Number of Deads: 7 person(s) Situation: Flooding caused by unusual winter rains has killed five children and two women in central Mexico. The dead include three boys aged 8, 12 and 14, and two girls aged 3 and 6. Flooding has also killed a 19-year-old and an unidentified woman. The Michoacan state director of civil defense said Thursday the three younger children were killed when a swollen river flooded their house in the town of Tuxpan. The Public Safety Department in neighboring Guanajuato state said the two older boys drowned when they tried to cross a rain-swollen stream Wednesday. The rains caused some flooding and power outages in Mexico City, where water services director Ramon Aguirre said "this rainfall is completely atypical for the month of February." Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu