POZA RICA, Mexico, Aug 23 (AP): A weakening Dean dumped heavy rains across central Mexico, drenching mudslide-prone mountains as it pushed its way inland after slamming into the nation's Gulf Coast as a Category 2 hurricane.
In the storm-lashed city of Poza Rica, neighbours banded together to clear the streets of fallen trees with axes and machetes, while workers began reconnecting downed power lines. Dean killed 20 people in the Caribbean but there were no reported deaths so far in Mexico.
"We have emerged in good shape because of our organisation, because of our precautions," said Veracruz Gov. Fidel Herrera, while touring hurricane-battered coastal towns. "Now we enter the difficult phase of reconstruction and aid."
Dean downgraded to tropical depression
FE Team | Published: August 24, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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