TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico: A series of mudslides in southern Mexico killed 36 people this week, officials said Thursday in raising the official toll as a punishing rainy season continued to sow misery.
The newly confirmed fatalities brought to 131 the number of weather-related deaths during Mexico's rainy season, which began in May and the government has classified as the worst on record.
More than 810,000 have lost their homes, and the flooding and mudslides have caused damage topping four billion dollars.
The rain has flooded cities, towns and valleys, destroyed thousands of homes, damaged historic sites and inundated broad stretches of farmland.
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