DHAKA: At least 38 people were killed in Mexico landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Earl.

Quoting the officials the telegraph.co.uk reports the matter.

The report also said a new storm threatened the country’s Pacific coast.

A total of 28 died, including 15 minors, in central Puebla state as landslides buried several houses, the state government said.

The other 10 died in similar circumstances in the eastern state of Veracruz, its governor said.

In the town of Huauchinango, the amount of rain that normally falls in a month came pouring down in just 24 hours, the Puebla government said.

A hill crumbled and came sweeping down on an adjacent village, killing 11 people including eight minors, it said.

Several highways in Puebla were ripped up, two bridges collapsed and power was knocked out in several towns.

Some 200 people were left homeless in Puebla by the torrential rains, while in Veracruz, rivers swelled with rainwater and dozens of families were evacuated.

Earl swept in from the Caribbean at hurricane strength Wednesday, striking just south of Belize's capital. It hit Mexico as a storm on Thursday and eventually weakened to a tropical depression.

BDST: 0916 HRS, AUG 08, 2016
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