At least 37 people were killed in Mexico from the floods caused by the heavy rains this week and which caused great damage, the federal government said on Saturday.

“Thirty -seven deaths have been reported” in four states in a vast mountain area in the central and eastern part of the country, according to a statement by the Security Ministry.

Heavy rainfall this week in 31 of the country’s 32 states, according to Civil Protection, caused river overflows, floods throughout communities, landslides and crashes of roads and bridges.

The four states that suffered the heaviest blows are Idalgos (Central), Puebla (southeast), Veracrus (east) and Kerteros (centrally), according to the new report.

These precipitations occurred as it approaches the end of the rainy season, after a tropical system formed in the Gulf of Mexico and moved in the east direction, affecting the eastern Sierra Madre, carrying waterproofs, meteorologists explained.

The heaviest report, 22 dead, was recorded by Idalgos. Another nine people lost their lives in Puebla, five in Veracrus, extending along the coasts in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Kertetaros.

Late Friday night (local time) the report had increased to 28 dead.

More than 35,000 houses were damaged, mainly due to river overflows, which forced entire families to leave their homes.

Rainfall and floods also led to the closure of many roads due to landslides, and also reported power outages and problems in telecommunications networks.

“We are working to help the population, reopen roads and restore electricity. We remain vigilant, “said Chair Claudia Seinbaum via X, following a meeting with a digitally organized meeting with members of her government and hit officials.

He added that thousands of soldiers, naval media, aircraft and helicopters were mobilized for search and rescue operations.

The army was also to be involved in the distribution of assistance, as it developed over 5,400 members, as well as material, in particular vehicles.

They opened shelters for the displaced. The most affected area is the eastern Sierra Madre, a mountain range that extends parallel to the Gulf of Mexico. There are various small communities, many of which were cut off from the rest of the world yesterday.

A group of the French Agency in Tlanningo, in the state of Idalgos, a hub from which mountain villages were provided, found that roads leading to Eastern Sierra Madre had been closed due to landslides and collapses.

There have been much more rainfall in the country than usually since the beginning of the year, especially in the capital, where a record was set.

Meteorologist Isidros Kano told AFP that intense rainfall was caused by the change of season and the formation of clouds as warm and humid gaseous masses from the Gulf of Mexico moved to the mountain peaks.

A cold front coming from the north also increased rainfall in much of the country, he added.

Authorities in areas along the coast of Mexico in the Pacific watch at the same time the course of tropical thunderstorms Raymond and Priscilla.