AP Wire
The death toll from last week’s torrential rains in east-central Mexico has jumped to 64. Search operations have expanded to communities cut off by landslides. Authorities said Monday another 65 people are missing. The scale of destruction across five states is becoming clearer. President Claudia Sheinbaum says it could still be days before access is established to some places. In northern Veracruz, 80 communities remain inaccessible by road. Some 10,000 troops were deployed in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to cut-off communities and carried out the sick and injured.