- Title: Hurricane Franklin unleashes downpour on Mexico
- Date: 10th August 2017
- Summary: HUACHINANGO, PUEBLA, MEXICO (AUGUST 10, 2017) (REUTERS) CLOUD HANGING LOW OVER MOUNTAIN LOCALS WALKING IN STREET HOMES ON HILL (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT, ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, SAYING: "The air, the wind was very strong and in some houses the roof came off. The rain was also strong, some rivers overflowed." EXTERIOR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING PEOPLE IN TOWN SQUARE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HUACHINANGO MAYOR, GABRIEL ALVARADO, SAYING: "We have no injuries as a result of the contingency plan, we expected it to hit our municipality hard. Thanks to the coordinated efforts and prevention (established) hours ago we could say that there is no important news to report." SOLDIERS ON DUTY AT SHELTER CHILDREN FOLDING BLANKET AT SHELTER FAMILY AT SHELTER FAMILIES WITH THEIR CHILDREN SITTING NEAR MAKESHIFT BEDS IN SHELTER MEDICAL STAFF AT SHELTER LOCAL BEING EVALUATED BY MEDIC VARIOUS OF LOCAL FAMILY WITH BABY WALKING IN STREET YOUTH SITTING IN LOCAL SQUARE NAUTLA, VERACRUZ (AUGUST 10, 2017) (REUTERS) FALLEN BRANCHES FROM TREES ON SIDE OF ROAD PART OF FALLEN TREE ON GROUND NEAR ROAD ELECTRICITY POLE THAT HAS FALLEN ON ROOF OF HOME SHEETING FROM ROOF OF HOME MISSING ELECTRICITY POLE TIPPED OVER LOCAL WOMAN LOCALS TALKING OUTSIDE HOME ELDERLY WOMAN OUTSIDE HOME (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT, JULIA RAMIREZ, SAYING: "We didn't go because no one, not even the marines, nor the police came to tell us anything, that there is a shelter. And to leave, we couldn't leave, we could have died from the roofs and the branches that had fallen." CLOUDS SEEN FROM HOME WHERE ROOF IS MISSING PARTS OF ROOF MISSING IN ROOM OF LOCAL HOME USED AS KITCHEN YARD OF LOCAL HOME
- Embargoed: 25th August 2017 00:11
- Keywords: rain floods Hurricane Franklin Mexico Veracruz Puebla weather
- Location: HUACHINANGO, PUEBLA AND NAUTLA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
- City: HUACHINANGO, PUEBLA AND NAUTLA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TKRYO3
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- Story Text: Communities in Mexico are breathing a sigh of relief on Thursday (August 10) after Hurricane Franklin churned through the country, with no reported casualties but leaving behind it a trail of debris in shanty towns.
Franklin, the first hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic season, has dissipated over Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center has reported. The Mexican government has discontinued all warnings for Franklin, which is located about 20 miles (35 kms) north-northwest of Mexico City with maximum sustained winds now reduced to 30 miles per hour (45 km/h), the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
Locals are now coming out to inspect the damage for themselves, with roofs blown off houses and reports of swollen rivers. Worst affected states include Puebla and Veracruz, but authorities in these regions of the country are hailing preventative measures for avoiding any loss of life. However, some residents living in mountainous communities say no assistance came for them when Franklin touched land in Mexico.
Franklin has now weakened to a tropical storm but heavy rains continue to fall over central Mexico, raising the risk of flash floods and mudslides in the mountainous terrain. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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