Storm Eta kills at least 20 in Mexico
Torrential rains and a bitter cold front associated with strong storm Eta have claimed at least 20 lives in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said on Saturday.
The federal government of Chiapas - which borders Guatemala, where about 150 people are dead or missing in the wake of the storm - said 10 bodies were found in the river in the town of Chenalho.
Early reports indicated they had been swept away by powerful currents.
Eight other persons died in the cities of El Bosque and La Grandeza, the federal government said. Someone else was washed away by a stream in Oxchuc, while a youth died in Mitontic.
The storm caused landslides that blocked roads in at least 20 spots in Chiapas, a poor region with many indigenous population.
The government said five rivers had overflowed their banks, and flooding take off three towns.
Yet another two dozen persons have died elsewhere in Central America since Eta made landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday as a robust hurricane before losing strength. - AFP
